VileSlay Posted December 12, 2007 wait for it.... w00t. yes, w00t is the 2007 word of the year. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071211/ap_on_re_us/word_of_the_year 0 Share this post Link to post
Kid Airbag Posted December 12, 2007 Aren't they like, five years too late? 0 Share this post Link to post
VileSlay Posted December 12, 2007 udderdude said:picard that was exactly my reaction when I saw the headline. reading the article gave me a case of the ouchface tho. 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted December 12, 2007 z00t would make a better word of 2007. 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted December 12, 2007 It's only a matter of time before "pwn" gets in there. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kaiser Posted December 12, 2007 fraggle said:It's only a matter of time before "ownt" gets in there. fixed 0 Share this post Link to post
DooMAD Posted December 12, 2007 So there's correct spellings for things that are intentionally misspelled now? Only on teh intarnets. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kaiser Posted December 12, 2007 DooMAD said:So there's correct spellings for things that are intentionally misspelled now? Only on teh intarnets. pwn and ownt are two seperate versions actually.. Far as I know, I've heard of ownt first way before pwn. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted December 12, 2007 Wow. I remember reading something several years ago about the history of w00t, saying that it was first coined in the early 90s. Way to be on top of things, Merriam-Webster. 0 Share this post Link to post
Steeveeo Posted December 12, 2007 2007...w00t isnt quite the right word to sum it up... Why not WTF? 0 Share this post Link to post
Steeveeo Posted December 13, 2007 Gokuma said:Has anyone seen Idiocracy? I like money... (yes) 0 Share this post Link to post
Kid Airbag Posted December 14, 2007 Gokuma said:Has anyone seen Idiocracy? Unfortunately. I got conned into seeing that while drunk a couple of weekends ago. 0 Share this post Link to post
Demon Hunter Posted December 16, 2007 Gokuma said:Has anyone seen Idiocracy? "The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes the genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources where focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections." 0 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted December 17, 2007 Next year's work is probably going to be something like brb. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kristian Ronge Posted December 17, 2007 Next year's Merriam-Webster word of the year should be "archaic". Wait, better yet, "oblivious". 0 Share this post Link to post
deathbringer Posted December 18, 2007 Early 90's? there goes my idea that w00t came from "Root", which is what a hacker had when they had hacked into the base directory of a computer and so could access everything, being corrupted by players of whatever the 2001 equivalent of Everquest (if lifeforms ((because lets face it, they arent people)) are still playing that) was 0 Share this post Link to post