What the %@&$ is "W00t?"

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In the future, I plan to devote a more lengthy post (rant, really) on the destruction of the English language that is happening before our eyes. Text messaging, instant messaging, email, gamers, skaters and a "colloquial English only" President are ripping our language to shreds.

Here's some proof:

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What's Webster's word of the year? W00t!

You open up grandma's gift on Christmas morning and see that, as always, the sweet lady has bought you the perfect thing (Nintendo 64!). What do you say? If you're well-schooled in the language arts, if you're familiar with the most bitchin', radicool bits of slang, well then there is only one thing to say. "W00t!"

And, LOL, turns out you've just said Merriam-Webster's word of the year. W00t!

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