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Morph

12-12-2007, 03:58 AM

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t."
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"W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness or triumph, topped all other terms in the Springfield-based dictionary publisher's online poll for the word that best sums up 2007.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071211/ap_on_re_us/word_of_the_year

wow.....that's all I have to say on this subject.

12-12-2007, 04:08 AM

Ah....wewt?

Gaucho8788

12-12-2007, 04:40 AM

Woo-Hoo, uh I mean w00t.:uhh:

Toxic10x

12-13-2007, 11:57 PM

Yeah I read about this. Awesome- as far as I am concerned :D

Statalyzer

12-14-2007, 09:32 AM

What a bunch of n00bs.

SgtRicko

12-14-2007, 10:03 AM

What a bunch of n00bs.

I think n00b was introduced last year:p

Statalyzer

12-14-2007, 11:58 AM

I think n00b was invented about this time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU