Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The word "w00t" receives an award

Lol. According to a Reuters article, "w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary.

Merriam-Webster President John Morse said "w00t" reflected the growing use of numeric keyboards to type words.

The article explains that "w00t" it "reflects a new direction in the American language led by a generation raised on video games and cell phone text-messaging and topped all other terms in the Springfield-based dictionary publisher's online poll for the word that best sums up 2007."

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