w00t is now a real word.

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Trismus

January 10, 2008, 10:13:15 AM
http://www.ripten.com/2007/12/11/w00t-lands-in-the-dictionary-english-teachers-weep/



lol  :Fosters_Pack: ]:D



edit: meant to put this in spam, not sure how it ended up here tho  ???
Most people think Marv is crazy. He just had the rotten luck of being born in the wrong century. He'd be right at home on some ancient battlefield swinging an axe into somebody's face.

Arcdelad

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January 10, 2008, 10:37:53 AM
any english teacher weeping over the introduction of slang is a true fool...one of my college grammar teaches put it best by stating that there is neither good nor bad changes to the English language - there is just change period. Words get added and forgotten every day - there is no use in crying over "undignified" words or what have you - English is alive and growing, so these words just prove the fact that English is still viable unlike Latin or Old English.

Vengeance

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January 10, 2008, 11:26:56 AM
LOL
LOLOLOL
i LOVED the
QuoteCongratulations World of WarCraft addicts. Give yourselves a pat on the back, Halo’ers. You and all the other gamers and internet fans out there have collectively legitimized 1337 speak.
once again LOL

Tolwen

#3
January 10, 2008, 11:32:17 AM
w00t! O0



Gutboy

#4
January 10, 2008, 12:35:28 PM
My question is, is it spelled with zeroes?  Technical writers need to know these things. 8)

GB


"Impossible odds, mentally unbalanced foes, cramped quarters for a good punch-up... and people say Iest has no night life."
-- Cerebus

"I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me."
-- The Duke of Wellington

Luise

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January 10, 2008, 01:21:52 PM
Teens in my classes have been using it for years and many don't play wow. :)

Kothnok

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January 10, 2008, 01:52:57 PM
> ... there is no use in crying over "undignified" words...

Ginormous

/cry
No matter how often you refill the gene pool, there's always a shallow end.

un4

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January 10, 2008, 02:09:14 PM
un4

Trismus

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January 10, 2008, 02:10:57 PM Last Edit: January 10, 2008, 02:12:55 PM by Trismus
Quote from: Arcdelad on January 10, 2008, 10:37:53 AM
any english teacher weeping over the introduction of slang is a true fool...one of my college grammar teaches put it best by stating that there is neither good nor bad changes to the English language - there is just change period. Words get added and forgotten every day - there is no use in crying over "undignified" words or what have you - English is alive and growing, so these words just prove the fact that English is still viable unlike Latin or Old English.

I agree 100%


btw, Didn't it come from the phrase "woot woot"

where the hell did the phrase originate? that's my question  :D

edit: nm, ninja posting wikipedia links ftw!
Most people think Marv is crazy. He just had the rotten luck of being born in the wrong century. He'd be right at home on some ancient battlefield swinging an axe into somebody's face.

fiere redfern

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January 10, 2008, 06:15:26 PM
QuoteThe term, woot, was in use in Middle English literature to mean "know". The term can be found in line 849 of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale: "For wel I woot thy pacience is gon.." ("For well I know your patience will be gone"). [2].

^^ Look, see it has a legitimate background!

Middle English ftw =P
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