Merriam-Webster has chosen "w00t" as the word of the year, blending as it does whimsey and new technology.
w00t, the hybrid of letters and numbers, if you don't know is an exclamation of happiness or triumph, first used by gamers.
Last year, the word of the year was truthiness.
Posted by Jill Fallon at December 11, 2007 11:28 PM | Permalink