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Friday, January 04, 2008

W00t Is the Number 1 Word for 2007

According to Merriam-Webster’s online audience, w00t is the top word of 2007.

1. w00t (interjection)
expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word “yay”

Facebook is in at #2.

See what else made the list.

(Blog was the #1 word for 2004.)

Posted by Monique at 06:51 PM. Filed under: News • Party Tricks •

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This list is bizarre. I agree with the top 2 words (but along similar lines where’s “pwn”?), but as for some of the rest…  I mean, have you ever heard anyone use the words “Pecksniffian” or “sardoodledom”? Maybe it’s an American thing…?

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  01/05  at  10:15 AM

Travis suggested yesterday that “message mung” needs to be more widely used. It’s the muck that gets attached to messages that are forwarded, then forwarded, then reply-all’d to, then forwarded ...

All the gunk that gets added to the original message.

The other word he had was “notebooking”, i.e., when a girl sets up her boyfriend to watch The Notebook movie just to observe his teary reaction (achievable apparently by watching the movie, but I suspect the mere thought of having to watch it would have most boys in a delicate state).

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  01/05  at  01:21 PM
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