Archive for August, 2006
Urban Dictionary - Woot w00t
Monday, August 28, 2006 10:16 pmwoot
1.
“w00t” was originally an truncated expression common among players of Dungeons and Dragons tabletop role-playing game for “Wow, loot!” Thus the term passed into the net-culture where it thrived in video game communities and lost its original meaning and is used simply as a term of excitement.
“I defeated the dark sorcerer! Woot!”
“woot! i r teh flagmastar!” (Think Tribes)
“Woot, I pwnzed this dude’s boxen!’
2.
a) An interjection similar to “YAYE!” or “Woohoo!” used to express joy or excitement, usually about some kind of accomplishment. Primarily used by gamers, spreading rapidly to anyone who chats online
Gaming origins: We Owned the Other Team
or Wonderful Loot (Everquest gaming slang)
b) To express agreement
c) As an acronym, can mean Waste of Our Time or Way Out of Topic (online forums) Less common.
Also
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Could be related to wOOt. From D&D meaning Great,(wow) Loot!
www.woot.com has a sale on one deal everyday.
