Comments on: Woot woot–get ready to retweet this breaking news. http://blog.oup.com/2011/08/concise-100/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Merle Tenney http://blog.oup.com/2011/08/concise-100/#comment-227532 Merle Tenney Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:52:07 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=18021#comment-227532 It is good to see "woot" on the list. I have seen it on other lists of new words recently, but I am surprised that none of the authorities, including Oxford, seem to know the origin. "Woot" comes from the world of onlime gaming. When you beat your opponent, you get to to exclaim "Woot!", which is an acronym for "We own other team!" Another way to say that is to say that you "pwn" them, with pronunciation PONE. "Pwn" is an accidental/intentional mistyping of "own" (due to the proximity of the o and p keys), but that spelling is de rigueur by our hip young friends. And once the rest of us figure it out, then it will no longer be cool, I mean, kewl. It is good to see “woot” on the list. I have seen it on other lists of new words recently, but I am surprised that none of the authorities, including Oxford, seem to know the origin.

“Woot” comes from the world of onlime gaming. When you beat your opponent, you get to to exclaim “Woot!”, which is an acronym for “We own other team!”

Another way to say that is to say that you “pwn” them, with pronunciation PONE. “Pwn” is an accidental/intentional mistyping of “own” (due to the proximity of the o and p keys), but that spelling is de rigueur by our hip young friends. And once the rest of us figure it out, then it will no longer be cool, I mean, kewl.

]]> By: Rachel Thomas http://blog.oup.com/2011/08/concise-100/#comment-227060 Rachel Thomas Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:47:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=18021#comment-227060 I wonder if they sell mankinis with extra moob support? Which leads me on to ask whether moobs have yet made the dictionary? I wonder if they sell mankinis with extra moob support?

Which leads me on to ask whether moobs have yet made the dictionary?

]]> By: Patty http://blog.oup.com/2011/08/concise-100/#comment-226972 Patty Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:32:00 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=18021#comment-226972 Woot! Woot!

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