"w00t" crowned word of year by U.S. dictionary

[Mayhem]

BOSTON (Reuters) - "w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary.

Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc. said "w00t" -- typically spelled with two zeros -- reflects a new direction in the American language led by a generation raised on video games and cell phone text-messaging.

[TmT]

Urban Dictionary Defines W00t:

Woot originated as a hacker term for root (or administrative) access to a computer. However, with the term as coincides with the gamer term, "w00t".

"w00t" was originally an trunicated expression common among players of Dungeons and Dragons tabletop role-playing game for "Wow, loot!" Thus the term passed into the net-culture where it thrived in video game communities and lost its original meaning and is used simply as a term of excitement.

"I defeated the dark sorcerer! Woot!"

[Stinkerbell]

BOSTON (Reuters) - "w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary.

Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc. said "w00t" -- typically spelled with two zeros -- reflects a new direction in the American language led by a generation raised on video games and cell phone text-messaging.

So. is it no longer cool to say WTG?

Trying to stay young and hip <<<<<  ABraveLady

[gator8_24]

www.woot.com    one day specials that make you say/go WOOT!

[TmT]

BOSTON (Reuters) - "w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary.

Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc. said "w00t" -- typically spelled with two zeros -- reflects a new direction in the American language led by a generation raised on video games and cell phone text-messaging.

So. is it no longer cool to say WTG?

Trying to stay young and hip <<<<<  ABraveLady

lol.. I love it...rofl so hard .. G/f we are all as young as we feel. You know what they say, "age aint nuthin but a number".  So we can hip at 65 sayin w2g , w00t, and the most played out one "its allgood!" lol

[Stinkerbell]

BOSTON (Reuters) - "w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary.

Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc. said "w00t" -- typically spelled with two zeros -- reflects a new direction in the American language led by a generation raised on video games and cell phone text-messaging.

So. is it no longer cool to say WTG?

Trying to stay young and hip <<<<<  ABraveLady

lol.. I love it...rofl so hard .. G/f we are all as young as we feel. You know what they say, "age aint nuthin but a number".  So we can hip at 65 sayin w2g , w00t, and the most played out one "its allgood!" lol

LOL!!!  I'm only 26 myself.  I've been 26 so long, I have it down pat!!!   :-*

[TmT]

BOSTON (Reuters) - "w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary.

Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc. said "w00t" -- typically spelled with two zeros -- reflects a new direction in the American language led by a generation raised on video games and cell phone text-messaging.

So. is it no longer cool to say WTG?

Trying to stay young and hip <<<<<  ABraveLady

lol.. I love it...rofl so hard .. G/f we are all as young as we feel. You know what they say, "age aint nuthin but a number".  So we can hip at 65 sayin w2g , w00t, and the most played out one "its allgood!" lol

LOL!!!  I'm only 26 myself.  I've been 26 so long, I have it down pat!!!   :-*

Rofl.. my mother-in-law use to say she was 29 and each year that they celebrated her b-day... man!! lmao..her cake said 29 yrs-old...lol <loved her very much, may she rest in peace>