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6 Responses to “w00t, We Made It!”

1. Trina
   December 12th, 2007 @ 4:37 pm

   W00t!! All your dictionaries are belong to us!

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2. technology » Blog Archive » w00t, We Made It!
   December 12th, 2007 @ 4:53 pm

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3. Kathy Schrock
   December 13th, 2007 @ 6:46 am

   I have used this word for years as an expression of joy, although the newsgroups are arguing as to its meaning, origin and the fact it may be a backcronym for various expressions used over the years.

   I am curious as to where it will appear in the dictionary alphabetically. It is spelled “w-ZERO-ZERO-t”, so will it show up at the very beginning of the W entry, directly after the letter W definition (rather than between “woolly” and “woozy”) since a number sometimes is filed before a letter?

   Or, as the rule is often stated, should it be filed as if the number is spelled out (w-zero), which would put it at the end of the W entry, probably following Wyoming?

   I am feeling I have too much time on my hands this morning to be worried about such a thing! :-)

   But inquiring minds want to know….hum, where would you file R2-D2? Or C-3PO? Guess this is not a new problem.

   Kathy

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4. Tim Childers
   December 13th, 2007 @ 7:05 am

   I can hear grammar teachers (like me) all across the country wondering what the online gaming equivalent of a large, collective groan would be. Like we need one more reason that proper spelling (and Standard English for that matter) is no longer a necessary, teachable concept.

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5. Dave
   December 13th, 2007 @ 11:19 am

   I can hear gamers (like me) all across the country developing the online gaming equivalent of a large, collective groan. ;)

   As a so-called digital native, I see things like this as an opportunity to teach your learning objectives in a unique, timely, interesting way. Why not take a break from memorization of latin prefixes and postfixes and use this timely, real-world example of the creation of a word.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00t is a good starting point. You could talk about the fact that “proper” language is guided (or was created, or somewhere in-between) by actual usage, and give other examples of word, idioms, and grammatical structures that have interesting etymologies.

   Or you could groan. :) If it makes you feel any better, I’ll clarify that my first sentence refers to the likely result of recognition: slightly diminishing the appeal of the word w00t among it’s creators and core users.

   I guess this means y’all don’t know about http://www.woot.com ?

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6. w00t = woord van het jaar 2007 at Moqub’s bibliotheek van dingen
   December 16th, 2007 @ 2:48 pm

   [...] Met dank aan: 2c Worth Tags:w00t wordoftheyear2007 [...]

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