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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[w00t.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 2:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[w00t!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tlfields]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 12:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[The article does mention "w00t" in connection with "kiddies", but with the adult gamers in World of Warcraft, I have only seen it as "woot".  Capitalization is rude, and often apologized for, even if the capital O is suppose to be a zero as article mentions.  I have played World of Warcraft, both Expansion and original for over two years and have seen it in chat as "woot", not the "kiddie" as article mentions "w00t".  If you give a hoot.<br><br>William Monif Omaha and Darkspeare Server/Realm as well as others.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Monif]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 4:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dispite the fact that I kind of dispise WoW. I have to agree with Willam on this. Almost everytime I've used it, it's been "woot" or "WOOT!" (in exitment).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neonie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 7:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[I've posted a look into the origins of the term that debunks the false origin stories about the term and connects it solidly to American pop culture even outside of gaming.<br><br><a href="http://dtww.org/woot" rel="nofollow">http://dtww.org/woot</a><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Barrett]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 7:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[F**k should have been selected since it is sadly the most overused word in the young vocab. today. Hardly a sentence about anything is without this very famous word----very common among all young,stupid,ignorant,disrepectable,male and esp. female idiots that waste precious space and air in the very sick world we live in today. Then you have to come up with w00t----wow that must have taken a lot of thought----oh well, WHO CARES !!! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[joe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 9:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[w00t pwns.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Minnick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 9:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[Woot in the South has been synonymous with poot referring to farting. Putting 00 in is advisable. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vince]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 9:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[Man, I'm an online gamer and I know this isn't really a word! Seriously. It wasn't even particularly used more than before this year. Stop trying to be cool, Webster. You're looking like n00bs.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SKW]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 10:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's a word if people use it, as any linguist will tell you.  Dictionaries are meant to be descriptive, not prescriptive.<br><br>But, seriously, the phrase 'grammatically correct' has no place in this article.  It doesn't even apply.  It sure would be nice if we still had journalists instead of bloggers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 10:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[t-w00t]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grouchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 10:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[woot for Brutall]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hichi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 1:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[For those of you stressing over the capitalization of w00t, you shouldn't be using it! LOL <br><br>And AMEN TO THIS: It sure would be nice if we still had journalists instead of bloggers.<br>Thanks Laurel!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 10:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am personally sick of all the new "made-up" words.  When I play Scrabble with my kids, they use what I call "non-words," and now I wonder if maybe they're actually in the dictionary!  I cringe at "scrapbook" as a verb, and if one more person "gifts" me with something, I may lose it.  I knew it had gone too far when my husband, who is in business, suggested I "incentivize" the children to get them to do their chores! :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ginger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 10:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'll second Laurel's comments, and add this: surely the biggest offender in today's fadbabble (neologism?) is the omnipresent "you know," slightly more annoying than "basically" or the f-word.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 10:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[w00t! That r0x0rz!! w00t iz l33t woty]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[brirod32]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 10:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sorry but yes online people have been using w00t way before last year. It sure beats OH SNAP! from 4 years ago. :X   <br>and pwn'd is even used instead of "owned". <br>What I cant stand is the <br>lolz after lol<br>and biaz for bye.<br>BARF]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 10:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[wO0t there it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br>i'm done<br>get offa my lawn you damn kids]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[fellasheowed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 10:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[WOOT FTW]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 11:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 'w00t' is WOTY (Word Of The Year)]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/12/11/w00t-is-woty-word-of-the-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[Our message board community has been using "woot" as a term of excitement and praise for quite a while now. Hard to pin down the origin but I believe it originated from posters in canada and the Upper Midwest.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bamabunny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 12th 2007 11:14AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
