Comments on: Woot Named Word of the Year! Woot! http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-916995 Jeff Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:36:21 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-916995 Congratz to the word w00t :D w00t! Congratz to the word w00t :D w00t!

]]> By: doG http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-916482 doG Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:27:12 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-916482 I've never heard "woot" spoken. Is it just a written word which would rank it, ironically, as a "big" word mostly seen but never really heard? Can the prodigious prognosticator reply? I’ve never heard “woot” spoken. Is it just a written word which would rank it, ironically, as a “big” word mostly seen but never really heard?

Can the prodigious prognosticator reply?

]]> By: Ron Larson http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-916478 Ron Larson Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:26:09 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-916478 John, Can you provide a link to the Fortune Mag's take on the LeWeb conference? I can't find anything about on Fortune's website. Thanks! John,
Can you provide a link to the Fortune Mag’s take on the LeWeb conference? I can’t find anything about on Fortune’s website. Thanks!

]]> By: Personality http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-916343 Personality Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:13:35 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-916343 It's SPANK THE MONKEY. It’s SPANK THE MONKEY.

]]> By: Rabble Rouser http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-916300 Rabble Rouser Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:24:18 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-916300 Is it woot, or w00t? Is it woot, or w00t?

]]> By: the answer http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-916281 the answer Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:11:00 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-916281 I am so sick of that internet age slang. Go to Tikibartv.com and watch Episode #9. I am so sick of that internet age slang.

Go to Tikibartv.com and watch Episode #9.

]]> By: the Three-Headed Cat http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-916152 the Three-Headed Cat Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:52:31 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-916152 w00t 'w00t'! w00t ‘w00t’!

]]> By: BubbaRay http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-916079 BubbaRay Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:00:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-916079 300 Hotfixes in Vista SP1. Only 300? I was hoping for <i>real</i> fixes. Dream on, I suppose. 300 Hotfixes in Vista SP1. Only 300? I was hoping for real fixes. Dream on, I suppose.

]]> By: Dorksters http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-916025 Dorksters Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:52:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-916025 The more I'm online, the more I don't want to be online. What utter shite. The more I’m online, the more I don’t want to be online. What utter shite.

]]> By: chewy http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-915955 chewy Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:48:53 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-915955 Hey John, have you been drinking? Hey John, have you been drinking?

]]> By: AlanB http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-915926 AlanB Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:13:15 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-915926 Perhaps a miscarriage of justice so-to-speak. I read somewhere the word of the year is chosen from a list of words most frequently typed into search engines. I suspect "woot" is not researched to determine whatever the current geeky meaning of the term may be but just to find the clearinghouse website "woot!". It feels like nothing more than pure consumerism made woot the word of the year. Perhaps a miscarriage of justice so-to-speak. I read somewhere the word of the year is chosen from a list of words most frequently typed into search engines. I suspect “woot” is not researched to determine whatever the current geeky meaning of the term may be but just to find the clearinghouse website “woot!”. It feels like nothing more than pure consumerism made woot the word of the year.

]]> By: Captain Cheeseloaf http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-915911 Captain Cheeseloaf Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:01:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-915911 "Woot" should have been word of the year in 1998. not 2007. “Woot” should have been word of the year in 1998. not 2007.

]]> By: BigTimeBossMan http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/12/12/woot-named-word-of-the-year-woot/comment-page-1/#comment-915803 BigTimeBossMan Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:53:29 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15034#comment-915803 I think it should have been "facebooked" because, in reality, nothing is more stalk-tastic than facebooking someone online. I think it should have been “facebooked” because, in reality, nothing is more stalk-tastic than facebooking someone online.

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