Comments on: ‘Woot’

By: Alan Noble

Alan Noble — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:47:42 +0000

Now I have lost all faith in Wired.

The Dane — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:13:47 +0000

My faith is restored!! Boo Wired.

Reese — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:05:35 +0000

Actually The Dane, Merriam-Webster spelled it correctly w00t with zeros, but Wired spelled it wrong. See Merriam-Webster.

The Dane — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:14:51 +0000

Funny, they spelled it wrong. w00t. not woot. I have now lost all faith in the dictionary as a bastion of good spelling.

Alan Noble — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:43:12 +0000

W00t!!!1!11!!!

Well, somebody had to do it.

I don’t mind this at all since it’s not a corruption of a different word. It’s not teh, or brb, or l8er.

The day when lawl gets in the dictionary is the day I….well, I’ll think of something.