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And the word of the year is...

Postby Wii » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:58 am

w00t.
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby expat » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:09 am

[quote]w00t"W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness or triumph. Gamers commonly substitute numbers and symbols for the letters they resemble, Morse says, creating what they call "l33t speak"
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby Ashar » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:31 am

Pointless... (I mean the definition) ::)
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby Fozzer » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:03 pm

Who the heck is/was "Merriam-Webster", anyway?... :-?...!

Word of the year....>>>>

   "Innit?"

followed closely by...>>>>

  "Ya know?"

Or combined....>>>

"Innit? Ya know!..."

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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby aussiewannabe » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:17 pm

[quote] Word of the year....>>>>
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby Hagar » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:22 pm

Who the heck is/was "Merriam-Webster", anyway?... :-?...!

They're the people responsible for the American English spelling that you & I love to hate. :'( ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby pepper_airborne » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:13 pm

T'is but a bit late for w00t to be the word of the year now. Worst possible choice ever.
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby Ashar » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:37 pm

Who the heck is/was "Merriam-Webster", anyway?... :-?...!

They're the people responsible for the American English spelling that you & I love to hate. :'( ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language


And sadly, their dictionary is what top US colleges use for entrance exams and such ::)
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby Chris_F » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:12 pm

T'is but a bit late for w00t to be the word of the year now. Worst possible choice ever.

You mean the fine folks that produce Webster's Dictionary are NOT the epitome of trendy pop culture?  :)
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby beaky » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:26 pm

I think the word for the year should be "Britney", as in "pull a Britney".
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby pepper_airborne » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:49 pm

Paris wouldnt look bad in that field either. ;D
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby Ashar » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:21 pm

Paris wouldnt look bad in that field either. ;D


Paris Hilton is a big joke........ :-X :-X
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby Sovien » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:42 pm

[quote][quote]w00t"W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness or triumph. Gamers commonly substitute numbers and symbols for the letters they resemble, Morse says, creating what they call "l33t speak"
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby beaky » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:48 pm

Paris wouldnt look bad in that field either. ;D

True, but apparently "pull a Britney" has actually entered the slang lexicon... I think the whole business is pretty stupid...it amazes me.   :D
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Re: And the word of the year is...

Postby Wii » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:12 pm

I'm a Nintendo (mostly) gamer (not hard core) and I play a lot online with friends but I don't believe I have ever said "w00t". Just say it out loud...what a stupid word. [smiley=thumbdown.gif]
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