w00t is 3rd Favorite Non-Dictionary Word 422
Jay writes "The word has been getting out apparently. No longer just a word for gamers, 'woot' now appears as #3 in Merriam-Webster's What's Your Favorite Word (That's Not in the Dictionary)? contest. It was beaten out by ginormous and confuzzled."
We need a new word now. (Score:1, Interesting)
I mean, when your sister who can't do much more that AIM with her computer says w00t, its been "played out" too much.
What do you suggest instead of w00t?
What about Fugly (Score:3, Interesting)
My other favorite is Gigantor, that being a person (there was someone in particular) who s so huge that they have developed a Godzilla like reputation, and the ablity to block sunlight. Or in the case of this person break concrete steps while walking up them.
When it gets corporate backing... (Score:5, Interesting)
Toxic Sludge is good for you [ejnet.org]
I am feeling bitter today
The nature of dictionaries (Score:3, Interesting)
A few favorites (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Huh? (Score:3, Interesting)
How about... (Score:5, Interesting)
Never heard of Chav then? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Confuzzled? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:A few favorites (Score:3, Interesting)
A few more I'd like to see:
- Broked (as in "They done broked me"
- Fucktard (excuse the profanity)
- Interweb (a purposly missspoken word used when talking as someone who thinks the Internet and the Web are one in the same)
- Gaysexual (meant to be a 'non-offensive' slang word for homosexuals)
It actually surprises me sexcapade isn't in the dictionary. That's been around for a long time.
Also, I've noticed far more usage of "craptacular" then "craptastic", but then again, I've never heard anyone use the word "Phonecrastinat"
woot == excitement? :-\ (Score:4, Interesting)
3. woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement
If I'm not mistaken woot is the abbrivation for We Own the Other Team, and was introduced with multiplayer games.
Woot; the acronym. (Score:4, Interesting)
We Own the Other Team
Re:A few favorites (Score:3, Interesting)
microsoft's definition of w00t (Score:4, Interesting)
A parent's primer to computer slang
Other common leet words:
"w00t" or the smiley character \o/: An acronym that usually means "We Own the Other Team," used to celebrate victory in a video game.
Re:woot == excitement? :-\ (Score:4, Interesting)
It is interesting how people always assume that some word started somehow in the first context in which they encountered it.
I know I have seen it used in NannyMUD since 1992 or so. I always assumed that it started there and was some Swedish slang. That is of course because I first encountered it there in 1992
Re:Dictionary subject to trends? (Score:3, Interesting)
I doubt that anyone advocates freezing the English language in its current state, but I think it is irresponsible for a dictionary publisher to give validity to new words before they have been used for long enough to prove that they are a valuable addition to the language. Encouraging the language to change without due consideration will lead to problems in English similar to "HTML 5.0" (sic.) this may cause problems conveying meaning between people and lead to a new era of misunderstanding between people because of a fractured vernacular and possibly more friction between generations.
Re:We need a new word now. (Score:3, Interesting)
I've always rather liked the "root" explanation - it fits with the hacker ethos rather nicely, and I can see how it would arise and spread throughout the community. I'm much more sceptical of any game based abreviation, but I can imagine that an exclamation like "woot!" is pretty easy to come up with for many different areas.
Almost no words came into English as acronyms, but people love to imagine such origins.
Don't know where words like scuba, nimby, Anzac, laser, led and wysiwyg came from, then