'w00t' Named 2007 Word of the Year 244
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)."
What??? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
That is quite exciting (Score:5, Funny)
Oh well, I guess I'll just go with "yay".
Re:What??? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What??? (Score:5, Funny)
Veni, Vidi, Vici (Score:5, Funny)
I can just see the future... (Score:5, Funny)
2013: Slashvertisement
2014: fucktard
2015:1337
Re:That is quite exciting (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I can just see the future... (Score:5, Funny)
answer me these questions 3 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What??? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:00 ok? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
Ladies and gentlemen, Merriam-Webster has officially jumped the shark.
Re:WTF? (Score:5, Funny)
It's the end of the world (Score:3, Funny)
What about this word of the year? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:00 ok? (Score:3, Funny)
Two blank tiles will do the trick.
..of course, with this announcement, the next version of Scrabble will have to be rescored and retiled to accomodate more possible entries. I, for one, welcome our alphanumeric overlords.
Re:What about this word of the year? (Score:5, Funny)
I make that to be 4 words, assuming a word length of 32 bits.
Re:What? (Score:4, Funny)
Word!!!
Re:What? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I can just see the future... (Score:4, Funny)
2010: asstunnel
Re:What??? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:google (Score:2, Funny)
Re:google (Score:3, Funny)
nOObs? ;)
Re:Veni, Vidi, Vici (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:4, Funny)
Fixed that for you.
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry, someone had to do it (w00t!).
Re:What??? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:4, Funny)
I don't know, I stay up most every night until 12:01 waiting for the next w00t [woot.com]. When there's a woot-off [wikipedia.org], forget about it - I'm up all night!
Of course, my wife has observed that I might have a w00t *problem*.
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I suspect that I may have been 0wn3d.
Re:I can just see the future... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:1, Funny)
Well, that's theirs....
Re:What??? (Score:5, Funny)
1) dead tree stump
2) Charles Manson
3) Carrot Top
Ok, maybe that last one was a little too far...