'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)."
google (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:a word with numbers in it? (Score:4, Interesting)
I guess there is some truthiness with how they pick their words though.
Re:answer me these questions 3 (Score:2, Interesting)
These guys will be thrilled (Score:3, Interesting)
For those not familiar with the site, they sell one product a day, until it's gone, at a deep discount. Today (12/13/2007) it's a NavMan GPS for $149.
I hit the site every day.
Re:Didn't get the Memo (Score:3, Interesting)
Maybe we can solve the overload problem by suffixing a word with a non-pronounced number pointing to the definition intended by the writer, e.g. love2: "a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend", instead of love3: "sexual passion or desire".
Of course, many careers are founded upon the existing ambiguity...
Etymology (Score:5, Interesting)
Of uncertain origin; theories include:
Mmmkay... (Score:4, Interesting)
Does anyone else think that this was just a joke played by some highschool kids saying that they own your website? The only reason "pwned" (or any variation of it) wasn't used is because it would be too obvious that scriptkiddies rigged your election.
Language issues. (Score:4, Interesting)
When I got home and she saw it my wife was ROTFL.
She's one of the couple hundred remaining speakers of the west-coast American Indian trade jargon. And it seems that, in that language, the word for the male organ is (approximately) WOOT-`let.
Shades of 18th century viagra ads.
Re:Veni, Vidi, Vici (Score:1, Interesting)