Day: December 19, 2007

My Christmas present to earth: a new word

Friends. Enemies. Frenemies. I recently learned that “woot” is being inducted into the 2008 version of Webster’s Dictionary. Woot. “Woot” – or “w00t,” as it commonly appears – originated with role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, as a shortened version of, “Wow! Loot!” Wow. Loot. I am amazed that we live in a culture…

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