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w00t is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2007 - Boing Boing
by Decius at 9:19 am EST, Dec 12, 2007

Voters at Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2007 poll have chosen "w00t" as 2007's most iconic word. M-W says that the word is a gamer's acronym for "we own the other team," but I'm inclined to think that that's a backronym, a back-formed acronym created to explain a word already in use.

I am simultaneously amazed and annoyed at the misattribution of this word.

w00t is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2007 - Boing Boing
by k at 10:24 am EST, Dec 13, 2007

Voters at Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2007 poll have chosen "w00t" as 2007's most iconic word. M-W says that the word is a gamer's acronym for "we own the other team," but I'm inclined to think that that's a backronym, a back-formed acronym created to explain a word already in use.

I am simultaneously amazed and annoyed at the misattribution of this word.

Not to mention that they at least 5 years, possibly 10 years behind.

Tards. F M-W. Oxford FTW, bitches.