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Merriam-Websters word of the year.
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"...because it blends whimsy and new technology."
Next year's word would be a toss up between fire and wheel except those words are still popular so they're disqualified.
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Languagehat posted about woot, and so did Grant Barrett.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Kind sir, could you explain to me what the word "yawpish" means?
So that I might understand what is so special about the word
"wOOt-woot"? ( Except that it is an exclamation of happiness, which might be special enough. )
OneLook does not acknowledge the word. Neither does Urban.
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There's a verb, to yawp 'to cry, bark', which is a variant of to yelp. As with many verbs, this, too, has been nominalized (nouned if you'd rather). From there, it is a short hop-skip to adjectival derivation by use of the suffix -ish. That's all conjecture, and tsuwm has suggested elsewhere that it might mean 'noisy, clamorous'.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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There's a verb, to yawp 'to cry, bark', which is a variant of to yelp. As with many verbs, this, too, has been nominalized (nouned if you'd rather). From there, it is a short hop-skip to adjectival derivation by use of the suffix -ish. That's all conjecture, and tsuwm has suggested elsewhere that it might mean 'noisy, clamorous'.
I too am not a bit tamed--I too am untranslatable;
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. -- Song of Myself, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1855
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Look up w00t with zeroes in UrbanDictionary - 33 definitions go on for pages - or you can link to it from the front page today.
Walt Whitman circa 1891
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world."
One might also count the all important "YOP!" from Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hears a Who" as a yawp.
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I use w00t frequently. aloud.
'sfun.
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...maybe my yawp isn't loud enough
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Thanks zmjezhd and Alex W for the kind answers about "yawp".
Thanks Myridon for letting me know that the spelling of wOOt sh00ld be w00t. And for the echo of Walt Whitman............
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Is it 1855 or 1891? [too lazy to LIU]
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either (or both). - joe (Myr seems to prefer the Deathbed Edition) friday
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TVR, in retribution it seems, has instituted its own poll regarding w00t, to wit: W00t should be included in the next, the twelfth, edition of Merriam-Webster's. 0 If it is, I'll burn my copy. 0 Good Lord, I hope not. 0 Sure, why not? 0 W00t, w00t! here's a hotlink should you actually care to vote. - joe (it's in the free matter) friday p.s. - the results seem to give a good indication of TVR's.. <ahem> slant.
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W00t should be included in the next, the twelfth, edition of Merriam-Webster's.
If it is, I'll burn my copy.: 40%
Good Lord, I hope not.: 40%
Sure, why not?: 10%
W00t, w00t!: 10%
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W00t should be included in the next, the twelfth, edition of Merriam-Webster's.
If it is, I'll burn my copy.: 40%
Good Lord, I hope not.: 40%
Sure, why not?: 10%
W00t, w00t!: 10%
it's a word, it has meaning, it gets used by many people. why shouldn't it be in the dictionary?
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Tell that to the boys at TVR, eta -- btw the motto over there is "A society is as lax as its language." You get the picture. 
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"A society is as lax as its language."
... and a donkey is as tight as his grandma fascist ...
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W00t should be included in the next, the twelfth, edition of Merriam-Webster's.
If it is, I'll burn my copy.: 40%
Good Lord, I hope not.: 40%
Sure, why not?: 10%
W00t, w00t!: 10%
Latest results are 38%, 31%, 15%, 15%. Things are looking up.
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>Things are looking up.
I think we must be skewing their results. I wonder if this means that they'll soon shut down their poll?!
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Webster Online's today:
Word of the Day: wave front
Word of the Hour: Banff
Word of the Minute: intermittently
I'd like to add
Word of the Second: w00t
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Costello: The Word of the Minute is intermittent.
Abbott: Yes, but what is it?
Costello: It's intermittent.
Abbott: Yes, of course it is. It changes every minute. But what is it now?
Costello: Intermittent.
Abbott: No, not in a minute, now!
Costello: It already has. It's gone now.
Abbott: I know it's gone but what's the new word?
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Sh oots! 
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Anna, sorry but your link only gives an error message:
Sorry, the page you requested was not found.
The story or page you were trying to access may have expired.
If you are having trouble...
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Here's the information right from the horse's mouth.
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Fal thank you for that link
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ROTFL! 
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It's now 44 - 28 - 17 - 11.
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Heres one for eta w00t I've got the t-qualiser. A bit of fun!
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Heres one for eta w00t I've got the t-qualiser. A bit of fun! that's great! w00t!
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Oh, my, my: a new spelling. Let's all to the barricades with the red pencils go ...
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Oh, my, my: a new spelling. Let's all to the barricades with the red pencils go ... maybe it's the British spelling, since he wrote spanner...
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Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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