Gamers will 'w00t' over word of the year »
Posted By Ousama 10 months ago in Science & TechnologySPRINGFIELD, 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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flaminizxs5 months 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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crouchza3 months, 2 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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