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Please, learn a new word: W00t.
It’s a Word of the Year 2007.
Here is the correct spelling of the word: W-zero-zero-T.
“W00t,” a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness, topped all other terms in the Springfield dictionary publisher’s online poll for the word that best sums up 2007.
Merriam-Webster’s president, John Morse, said “w00t” was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology.”
How to use it:
“For technophobes, the word also is familiar from the 1990 movie “Pretty Woman,” in which Julia Roberts startles her date’s upper-crust friends with a hearty “Woot, woot, woot!” at a polo match.”
(Via www.guardian.co.uk)
Update:
“Wikipedia members have proposed to delete the W00t page from Wikipedia database on December 12.”
The reason being that there are no facts to verify the origin of the term w00t and that the term has not yet reached general usage. Kind of conflicts with the recent news.”
(Via www.labnol.org )
