Merriam-Webster's word of '07: 'w00t'

[bicentennial_baby]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t."

"W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness or triumph, topped all other terms in the Springfield-based 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.

"It shows a really interesting thing that's going on in language. It's a term that's arrived only because we're now communicating electronically with each other," Morse said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071211/ap_on_re_us/word_of_the_year

[Bucky]

1. w00t? Jesus, where have *they* been?

W00t was like the word of the year in 2004. Didn't they say the 2006 word was "truthiness" exactly one year after it was finished being the word of 2005? What maroons. In case anyone missed it, the current Word of the Year is "winehouse". Please try to keep up with current events.