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'w00t' Named 2007 Word of the Year

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:48 AM
from the still-waiting-for-slashdotted-as-a-verb dept.
bukharin writes "'w00t', the "small word that packs a pretty big punch", has been named Word of the Year for 2007 by dictionary gurus Merriam-Webster. Visitors to the Merriam-Webster website were asked to vote for one of 20 commonly searched words and phrases. Facebook was the runner-up. Previously honored geek words include google (runner-up in 2006) and blog (winner in 2004)."
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