Friday, December 14, 2007

W00t!


W00t is Merriam Webster's 2007 word of the year, not to be confused with Dictionary.com's words of the year. That's W00t! spelled with two zeros rather than o's and the 't' is interchangeable with a 7.

From the Washington Post:
It's leet speak, which itself is a kind of geek speak, and can alternately be rendered "woot" or "w007." It translates as "hurray!"

Leet speak (a.k.a. 1337sp33k) is short for "elite speak" -- a playful online lingo that frequently swaps numbers for letters and that originated in the hacking community.
Does this mean its officially out of style? It's strange, since I know that "w00t!" has been in use for a long time, yet its only become mainstream now. Hm.

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