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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t." "W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness, topped all other terms in the Springfield dictionary publisher's onlin

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Neophile8 months, 3 weeks ago

w00t
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kyle94568 months, 3 weeks ago

finally!
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afoaf8 months, 3 weeks ago

w00t, lulz!
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puffin8 months, 3 weeks ago

wooties
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garethjax8 months, 3 weeks ago

Uzzah!!
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flaminizxs3 months, 3 weeks ago

Gamers commonly substitute numbers and symbols for the letters they resemble, Morse says, creating what they call "l33t speak" â;; that's "leet" when spoken, short for "elite" to the rest of the world.
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crouchza2 months, 1 week ago

Gamers commonly substitute numbers and symbols for the letters they resemble, Morse says, creating what they call "l33t speak" â;; that's "leet" when spoken, short for "elite" to the rest of the world.
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