Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
wot . Seewit , verb
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection Expressing happiness or approval.
- interjection Common misspelling of
hoot . Common misspelling ofw00t . Anexclamation of joy or excitement.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Angus Stevenson Editor, Concise Oxford English Dictionary "The expression 'woot' began in America but was picked up very quickly by people in Britain, as a result of the internet breaking down international boundaries," said Mr Stevenson.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Yes | No | Report from Richie wrote 45 weeks 5 days ago no i will reiterate for u one more time kill the damn thing keep on killin woot! woot!
When you catch a Racoon or oppossom in a live trap what do you do with it? 2009
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Yes | No | Report from Richie wrote 45 weeks 5 days ago no i will reiterate for u one more time kill the damn thing keep on killin woot! woot!
When you catch a Racoon or oppossom in a live trap what do you do with it? 2009
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Already, grades are being posted - B+ in Spanish, woot woot!
misspinkkate Diary Entry misspinkkate 2004
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To whom it may concern: The all day caffeine rush for your credit card, known as a woot-off in some circles, is going on now. [woot!]
Gizmodo Mark Wilson 2010
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I've posted daily deals in the past from a site called woot, com, when I thought that the item ...
One Laptop Per Child News Mike Lee 2009
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I'll second Race's "woot" and make it a double-woot!
Odds and Ends and Snow grrm 2010
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Talking to IT students about the cultural heritage sector, and a small 'woot'
Archive 2008-04-01 Mia 2008
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No one who actually read Preacher would say 'woot'.
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Talking to IT students about the cultural heritage sector, and a small 'woot' Mia 2008
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word woot
w00t used to bother me, but I've come around. I'm a cantankerous old man at the keyboard.
March 2, 2007
lampbane commented on the word woot
Contrary to what Merriam-Webster says, this word is not an acronym for "We Owned the Other Team." (I've never even heard of that before.) That would be a backronym.
See Grant Barrett's history of the term.
December 13, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word woot
There's some nice etymological commentary on woot/w00t/whoot at The Lexicographer's Rules.
December 13, 2007
bilby commented on the word woot
I am not a wooter.
December 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word woot
Nor have I ever been.
December 13, 2007
lampbane commented on the word woot
VanishedOne: I already posted that link.
December 13, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word woot
Oops, I completely overlooked that line. Sorry about that.
December 13, 2007
lampbane commented on the word woot
It's okay, I'm not shedding any tears over it... woot.
December 13, 2007
postnomer commented on the word woot
I think I read that Merriam Webster declared w00t the word of the year...
December 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word woot
Yes, that's true. Oh, if only they'd waited for us to decide on Wordie's Word of the Year--it would be so much better!
December 13, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word woot
But posting here lets us set up Chaucerian references:
'But what they were, nothyng he ne woot.
This duc his courser with his spores smoot...'
December 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word woot
True, true. But Chaucer never spelled it with two zeros, did he? Yikes.
December 14, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word woot
I like woot. Sue me.
December 20, 2007
bilby commented on the word woot
I don't mind woot as a an interjection something more forceful than hehe and lesser than wow. The zeroes are just ... dull. I mean, go into a chat room and the first thing you see are things like "any1 wanna chat", "2day" and so on. Ditto for text messages. Numbers are part of net/message speak and there's nothing Word Of The Year in that observation. BUT, they have not made any break beyond their jargon-riddled domains and show no sign of doing so. Consider the following:
"I thank for your letter confirming my employment at Bugger The World Industries and I will return the attached contract in due course. w00t. I look forward to being introduced to my new colleagues on Monday."
It just doesn't work. w00t is a discardism and internet culture is full of them. Imagine if you were unplugged tomorrow and never connected to the internet again ... would lol ever cross your mind or your lips?
The only dilemma with w00t is which b1n to dump it in. In a year I'll find it hard to remember how quickly I forgot this 'word' (and I use the term, l00sely).
December 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word woot
I'm with bilby. Woot is nice, even fun. On the other hand, w00t drives me batty.
I can't sue you. I don't have enough money.
December 20, 2007
DKroner commented on the word woot
Woot is an exclamation of positive excitement.
""w00t" was originally an truncated expression common among players of Dungeons and Dragons tabletop role-playing game for "Wow, loot!" Thus the term passed into the net-culture where it thrived in video game communities and lost its original meaning and is used simply as a term of excitement. "
"An interjection similar to "YAYE!" or "Woohoo!" used to express joy or excitement, usually about some kind of accomplishment. Primarily used by gamers, spreading rapidly to anyone who chats online "
-Urban Dictionary
June 8, 2009
zeravlar commented on the word woot
1) short for "Wow, loot!" in the context of D&D gaming.
2) An interjection similar to "YAYE!" or "Woohoo!" used to express joy or excitement, usually about some kind of accomplishment.
June 9, 2009
charlesj68 commented on the word woot
An expression of delight or excitement, especially over having achieved some goal.
June 10, 2009
e_eric commented on the word woot
The geek's equivalent to 'yay'. There are many possible origins, but I like the gamer one best: a contraction of "wow, loot!" in either tabletop RPG D&D or the MMORPG Everquest.
June 17, 2009
abbott.costello commented on the word woot
used as an exclamation, similar to "woo hoo"
July 26, 2009