Sunil Garg's Weblog » linguistics http://sunilgarg.com an experimental thought process Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:59:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Word of the Year http://sunilgarg.com/2007/12/word-of-the-year/ http://sunilgarg.com/2007/12/word-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:24:49 +0000 Sunil Garg http://sunilgarg.com/2007/12/11/word-of-the-year/ Merriam-Webster has named “W00t” the Word of the Year for 2007.

Merriam-Webster’s president, John Morse, said “w00t” was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology.

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Purists of “l33t speak” often substitute a “7″ for the final “t,” expressing a “w007″ of victory — an “in your face” of sorts — when they defeat an online gaming opponent.

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