I have no emotion about woot. I do begin to feel a little crazy when I see the word "gift" used as a verb. I know it's commonly used this way, but what's wrong with "give" - as in, I'll GIVE this GIFT to someone. iTunes let's you "gift" a song -- so I just WON'T!
It's gratifying to see the folks at Merriam-Webster have chosen a word that has woven its way deep into our lexicon and will be with us for decades more to come. A lot of times they'll just pick some dumbass word to get publicity and remind people that dictionaries are still being produced.
I hate words that use numbers in them. It's people who want to seems like, I don't know, like "I'm so into computers and stuff that I have to use acronyms to type faster because I am beyond you normal people with my internet skillz {they would use a 'z'}and words with numbers in them because it makes me so fucking original!" Ok, sorry, I really hate that.
Not remotely. I hate all those twatty acronyms. Not as much as I despise people who say (SAY!?) 'LOL'. Ferchrissake.
ReplyDeletewoot is for lamos.
ReplyDeletenope. it's not one i like either.
ReplyDeletethey wear on you though. i actually caught myself using an LOL the other day. yikes.
I think it's pretty funny :) Especially when said as a joke out loud :)
ReplyDeleteI have no emotion about woot. I do begin to feel a little crazy when I see the word "gift" used as a verb. I know it's commonly used this way, but what's wrong with "give" - as in, I'll GIVE this GIFT to someone. iTunes let's you "gift" a song -- so I just WON'T!
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I'm pretty ok with "woot," when it's used like "whoot." If I had linked to an article about "ginormous," that would have roused my hatred.
ReplyDeleteYes, I hate it too. I believe that it actually falls into onomatopoeia - ledss wors and more sound effect.
ReplyDeleteIt's gratifying to see the folks at Merriam-Webster have chosen a word that has woven its way deep into our lexicon and will be with us for decades more to come. A lot of times they'll just pick some dumbass word to get publicity and remind people that dictionaries are still being produced.
ReplyDeleteI hate words that use numbers in them. It's people who want to seems like, I don't know, like "I'm so into computers and stuff that I have to use acronyms to type faster because I am beyond you normal people with my internet skillz {they would use a 'z'}and words with numbers in them because it makes me so fucking original!" Ok, sorry, I really hate that.
ReplyDeleteThis post is a bit old now... but i had to chime in on this one.
ReplyDeletei detest "w00t"!! it makes me cringe when i am having a nice conversation with someone online and they deal that card!
UGH!
And for the record... "LOL" bugs me too. I type " HA HA"... which i am sure annoys someone out there!
w00t is so 2006, isn't it? Though I have to admit, I never knew it meant anything other than "yea!". I'm so hip.
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