Merriam-Webster has named "w00t" as its word of the year based on an online vote. While "w00t" hasn't made it into the plain ol' dictionary, Merriam-Webster will include the word in its online "Open Dictionary." However, in a backhand to the collective face of the participants, the "top honors it's now been awarded" might improve the word's chances of making it into the regular dictionary next year.
Others are less optimistic: "It's amusing, but it's limited to a small community and unlikely to spread and unlikely to last," said Allan Metcalf, executive secretary of the American Dialect Society. Or, as the kids like to say, "Pwned!"
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