Merriam-Webster Inc. has named a new word of the year. They asked visitors to their site to vote from among 20 words and phrases that were most looked up over the year. And the winner is...
w00t
yes that is with 2 zeros not o's.
it is a phrase of joy mostly used by gamers and texters.
This signifies a new direction that the English language is taking because gamers and texters are now becoming more mainstream. Even the movie industry is getting into the gamer's market by making movie remakes of such video games as Doom and Hitman.
The runner up was facebook, which has been turned into a verb meaning to look up on Facebook or to add someone to the list of friends. Mostly known in the sentence "I facebooked your mom last night" which is somewhat of a joke in the Gamer community.
Here is the website where I got the story. It is an interesting read.
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