And the Merriam-Webster's word of the year '07 is...

[snabald]

Get ready for it...

w00t

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071211/ap_on_re_us/word_of_the_year

[mfumbesi]

w00t does that mean!(I kidd)

[Matherly]

"W00T" 4 tEh wiN!

(Somewhere, Gilianren's head just exploded ;) )

[Noclevername]

...I'm sad for us all.

[Swift]

Merriam-Webster's president, John Morse, said "w00t" was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology.
Too bad its not a word.

[Noclevername]

Too bad its not a word.

We live by the Humpty Dumpty school of linguistics; if it's defined as a word, and used as a word, it's a word.

[tdvance]

I wonder now if Merriam Webster dictionary would pass the stupid filter?

http://stupidfilter.org/main/

under development; like a spam filter, but filters out "stupid writing style".

[Noclevername]

I wonder now if Merriam Webster dictionary would pass the stupid filter?

http://stupidfilter.org/main/

under development; like a spam filter, but filters out "stupid writing style".

Stupid filter 4 teh win! kthxbye.

[KaiYeves]

Is that even a word? What's it mean? Man, I feel old.

[Gillianren]

under development; like a spam filter, but filters out "stupid writing style".

I would spend much less time reading on the internet. (Does it catch tedious over-posters, too?)

[Lianachan]

Language is, of course, a constantly evolving tool - but that's absolutely atrocious.

[Bogie]

I wonder now if Merriam Webster dictionary would pass the stupid filter?

http://stupidfilter.org/main/

under development; like a spam filter, but filters out "stupid writing style".Oh oh, there goes all my ATM stuff :D.

[Noclevername]

Language is, of course, a constantly evolving tool - but that's absolutely atrocious.

Well, there goes the theory that there's no such thing as de-evolution.