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"W00t" added to Merriam-Webster's dictionary...
 
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:50 pm   Reply with quote

HELL NOES! My language teacher showed us the article about it on Yahoo! and now everyone in my school is saying it. They don't even know what it means or its origins.

One kid said that he was going to "w00t" some other kid today. I hid.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:52 pm   Reply with quote

O_o???? Weird.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:05 pm   Reply with quote

It looks like it's attack of the n00bs in the future of literary studies...
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:10 pm   Reply with quote

LOL

BEST WORD EVER
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:46 pm   Reply with quote

I don't think it was added to the real dictionary... yet.

http://www.m-w.com/info/07words.htm

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The word you've selected hasn't found its way into a regular Merriam-Webster dictionary yet—but its inclusion in our online Open Dictionary, along with the top honors it's now been awarded—might just improve its chances.


ginormous FTW
http://www.m-w.com/info/favorite.htm
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Top Ten Favorite Words (Not in the Dictionary)
ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous
confuzzled (adj): confused and puzzled at the same time
woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement
chillax (v): chill out/relax, hang out with friends
cognitive displaysia (n): the feeling you have before you even leave the house that you are going to forget something and not remember it until you're on the highway
gription (n): the purchase gained by friction: "My car needs new tires because the old ones have lost their gription."
phonecrastinate (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number
slickery (adj): having a surface that is wet and icy
snirt (n): snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed
lingweenie (n): a person incapable of producing neologisms
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:04 pm   Reply with quote

PHALE.

If I hear the hundreds of jocks at my school running around screaming "woot", I'm going to shove my keyboard throught their heads.
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Ohh, THAT makes sense!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:11 pm   Reply with quote

Plastic Mario wrote:
PHALE.

If I hear the hundreds of jocks at my school running around screaming "woot", I'm going to shove my keyboard throught their heads.
You bring your keyboard to school?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:20 pm   Reply with quote

Tyler wrote:
Plastic Mario wrote:
PHALE.

If I hear the hundreds of jocks at my school running around screaming "woot", I'm going to shove my keyboard throught their heads.
You bring your keyboard to school?


Well... No. But I will now.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:46 am   Reply with quote

WOW! U R AN EVEN B1GG3R N3RR TH@N TH0Z3 L33T SPAMM3R HAMM3R BROZ!

Okay, that was uncalled for, even for me.
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