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Merriam-Webster Declares w00t Word of the Year

Category: Technology
Posted on: December 13, 2007 7:43 PM, by Greg Laden

1. w00t (interjection)
expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word "yay"

w00t! I won the contest!

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1

It is so embarrassing to admit I just saw this used for the first time today! I am so out of the loop! All the loops!

Unw00table.

Posted by: Old Bogus | December 13, 2007 9:59 PM

2

Me too, actually.

Posted by: Greg Laden | December 13, 2007 10:02 PM

3

"We own other team!"

Posted by: Monado | December 13, 2007 10:38 PM

4

Monado, is that really the origin?

Posted by: Greg Laden | December 15, 2007 9:09 PM

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