Lara declared:
WOOT!
Thursday, December 13th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Merriam-Webster has chosen the ever popular phrase of exclamation, “Woot!” as their Word of the Year.
The word was chosen from a list of 20 including others such as “blamestorm,” “hypocrite,” and “quixotic” in an online survey. The words competing generally came from the mostly frequently searched terms on Merriam-Webster Online as well as their own Open Dictionary which operates like a wiki.
“Woot!” is known as part of l33t or elite speak, popularized by online gamer forums and geeks alike. Clearly, it’s no surprise “Woot!” came out on top in an online poll.
[Merriam-Webster Online, via WIRED.com]
