Woot
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Woot originated as a hacker term for root (or administrative) access to a computer. However, with the term as coincides with the gamer term, w00t.
w00t was originally an trunicated 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. -
See also [wOOt], [w00t] and WOOT
- 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)-
To express agreement
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As an acronym, can mean Waste of Our Time or Way Out of Topic (online forums) Less common.
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A word originating from the old D
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Before ALL of that, woot was a happy noise made by certain Monkees and Guinea Pigs when they are happy or content. Net nerds like to take credit for creating stuff that they only adopted. But I know better. Ive heard those monkets. And theyre happy. woot.
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To exclaim excitement
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In 1990 we used woot when playing tabletop dice Dungeons and Dragons when we came across good gear or loot.. Now its worked its way into online games and chat speak.
Same sorta meaning, excitment, happy, wow I found someone I wanted or liked.
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See also [wOOt], [w00t] and WOOT
- 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)-
To express agreement
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As an acronym, can mean Waste of Our Time or Way Out of Topic (online forums) Less common.
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used, especially on social media , to show that you are very excited or happy about something or like something very much:
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