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W00t! There It Is

A quirky online gaming term is crowned Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. A proud day for geeks everywhere.

By Jessica Bennett | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Dec 14, 2007

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  • Posted By: thewalnut @ 12/28/2007 2:16:54 PM

    I felt rather pathetic when Woot entered my vocal vocabulary, I suppose now I can feel a wee bit less ashamed

  • Posted By: thewalnut @ 12/28/2007 2:04:16 PM

    lovely, I felt rather pathetic when woot entered my vocal vocabulary, now I don't feel so guilty

  • Posted By: gatogrande @ 12/21/2007 1:23:01 AM

    Oh sad. I get in as simply a blogger from Alaska. Not my full name? Sad panda.

  • Posted By: cobe44 @ 12/15/2007 4:53:03 PM

    You spelled 1337 wrong. it has no letters- it's One-Three-Three-Seven.
    1337.

  • Posted By: bcbasslet @ 12/15/2007 1:22:59 PM

    woot is onomatopoetic, remember that tv talk show hosted by Arsenio Hall...the audience made a motion , raised right arm and chanting what sounds like 'woot'...

  • Posted By: bcbasslet @ 12/15/2007 1:21:24 PM

    woot is onomatopoetic...remember the tv talk show hosted by Arsenio Hall? the raised right arm and the woot noise, the whole audience did it together like a cheer? that's woot.

  • Posted By: wmarshallmoseley @ 12/15/2007 1:17:44 PM

    Woot. A Proper noun. Woot, a character from L. Frank Baum's original 'Wizard of OZ'. As in 'Woot the Wanderer. '

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