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.

By Matt O'Hern at 10:59 PM | Comments (0)

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