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The Etymology of W00t

Filed under “Oddities” and “Writing”
by Adam at 8:07 PM on October 10, 2004

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Wikipedia has a hilarious entry attempting to trace the origins of “w00t.”

See also: The Straight Dope, 8 W4y5 70 $und4y

Update (12/12/2007): w00t has been named Word of the Year 2007. w00t!

Adam is a web developer and graphic designer who lives and works in south-central Kansas. He likes to speak his mind, both here and in his business blog. He only rarely writes about himself in the third person, honest. If you’d like to work with Adam, drop him a line.

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  1. Adam Messinger

    Pingback by Relax, Everything Is Deeply Intertwingled — October 12, 2004 @ 2:38 pm

  2. L33t and w00t
    “The term w00t is a slang interjection used to express happiness or excitement, usually over the Internet. Leet is characterized by the use of non-alphabet characters to stand for letters bearing a superficial resemblance, and by a number of quasi-stan…

    Trackback by Bibi's box — October 12, 2004 @ 10:48 pm

  3. I’m not sure why my trackback to you isn’t working, but I wanted to thank you for the inspiration, Adam.

    http://ifindkarma.typepad.com/relax/2004/10/w00t.html

    w00t, there it is! :)

    Comment by Adam Rifkin — October 13, 2004 @ 1:39 pm

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