Word of the Year for 2007 - Woot

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Merriam-Webster has named woot word of the year. Originating from gamer lexicon, woot is an expression of joy or happiness. Merriam-Webster also gives an acronym for woot as being "we owned the other team, but this acronym makes very little sense to me -- having been playing online games for the last decade or so, I can say from my own viewpoint that woot evolved from 'woo' and 'yay' as joyous exclamations, but using 'woo' and 'yay' sound too feminine, and underwent masculinization by the addition of the 't' ending.


    Elric has killed a Demon of Chaos.

    Elric has looted a Stormbringer.

    Donblas says "grats!"

    Slorn says "pfft. I was hoping Mourneblade would drop"

    Elric says "woot!"

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