Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Geeks Are Taking Over

Merriam-Webster dictionary just confirmed that us geeks are taking over. The Massachusetts based dictionary just named "w00t" its word of the year just edging out "Facebook" at the number 2 spot. "w00t" is a term that derived from video gamers is a word that the dictionary defines as

expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word "yay"

Score one for the geeks of the world for using their l33t speak to create a real word!

The rest of the top 5 is

2. Facebook
3. conundrum
4. quixotic
5. blamestorm

You can read the full story and the rest of the top 10 at the MW website here.

Posted By Matt O'Hern at 10:59 PM
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