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Word of the Year: w00t
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12-13-2007 9:46 PM
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all I have to say is... w00t
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This year's winning word first became popular in competitive online gaming forums as part of what is known as l33t ("leet," or "elite") speak—an esoteric computer hacker language in which numbers and symbols are put together to look like letters. Although the double "o" in the word is usually represented by double zeroes, the exclamation is also known to be an acronym for "<STRONG>w</STRONG>e <STRONG>o</STRONG>wned the <STRONG>o</STRONG>ther <STRONG>t</STRONG>eam"—again stemming from the gaming community.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/07words.htm"><DIV><STRONG>1. w00t</STRONG> (interjection)</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/07words.htm">expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word "yay"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/07words.htm">Top Ten List f</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/07words.htm"><OL start="2" class="words top_ten"> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV><A href="http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary06/newword_search.php?word=facebook">facebook</A></DIV><BR /></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV><A href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conundrum">conundrum</A></DIV><BR /></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV><A href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quixotic">quixotic</A></DIV><BR /></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV><A href="http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary06/newword_search.php?word=blamestorm">blamestorm</A></DIV><BR /></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV><A href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sardoodledom">sardoodledom</A></DIV><BR /></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV><A href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apathetic">apathetic</A></DIV><BR /></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV><A href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pecksniffian">Pecksniffian</A></DIV><BR /></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV><A href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocrite">hypocrite</A></DIV><BR /></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV><A href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charlatan">charlatan</A></DIV><BR /></LI> </OL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DD40BE22-91F2-4D7D-82BE-997BD412626C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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