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Nikki Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 4:29 PM |
I'm a dork so I looked up the meaning of the term "woot" :P I've noticed some of you use it and I figured it just meant "yeah!" or "sweet!" or "woohoo!" but wasn't sure. According to Wiki, it's a term "used to express happiness, excitement or joy, most often expressed via the Internet." AND it was among the list of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year for 2007! LOL!
So do you guys use this word in conversation, or is it strictly an online thing? I've never heard anyone say "Woot, woot Nikki! What's up!!?" |
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Lemon Grinner Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 4:31 PM |
| I say wootage instead of woot. |
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mozman68 Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 4:34 PM |
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Turtleneck Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 4:39 PM |
| Sounds like an owl with a speech problem. |
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Moray Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 4:39 PM |
| It stemmed from old school PC gAmErZ I think, who used it as 'w00t', and it meant 'we owned the other team'. Same as interweb 1337 or 'leet' speak comes from people finding other ways to write 'Elite', or HaxorZ, or n00b, or pWNED! I love wikipedia! |
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Moray Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 4:41 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: Sounds like an owl with a speech problem.
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Lucile Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 4:42 PM |
| As a non native speaker I couldn't tell you if it's more common in written or spoken language. But if it is mostly used in written language as the definition you've found seems to point out, then it's really interesting (to me at least!) because word creation usually occurs in spoken language and the new creations require highly frequent use before they can be used in written language. |
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ricv64 Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 4:43 PM |
| I thought it's UK English ? |
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Turtleneck Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 4:46 PM |
Give a woot, don't pollute.
Anyone besides Ric old enough to remember Woodsy owl? |
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ricv64 Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 4:50 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: Give a woot, don't pollute.
Anyone besides Ric old enough to remember Woodsy owl?
how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop ? |
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mozman68 Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 5:01 PM |
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mozman68 Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 5:05 PM |
| excuse me...tha-ree.... |
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Eledh Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 5:07 PM |
It's like the word "cheers" in scotland. They use cheers for everything. Really. XD I was like... "Oh my god! Why are they saying "cheers" to me instead "bye"?" XD
But, by the way *_*
I kinda like the word "woot" sounds... Crazy! XD
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Nikki Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 5:09 PM |
Let's find out...1...2...CRUNCH...3! I loved that commercial.
Hmmm...WooT it is a very interesting word. I think I'm going to start to use it in speech and see what happens, LOL! Can anyone think of any other words "created" on the Internet? Not including the abbreviations like "lol" or "brb." |
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ricv64 Posted Thu 10 Jan, 2008 5:13 PM |
Nikki wrote:
Hmmm...WooT it is a very interesting word. I think I'm going to start to use it in speech and see what happens, LOL! Can anyone think of any other words "created" on the Internet? Not including the abbreviations like "lol" or "brb."
groty & init I wish we could use .
mazn started in a typo , shhhhhhhhhhhhhh big secret |
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