Urban Dictionary: woot <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woot> . woot Share on twitter <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woot#> Share on facebook <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woot#> Share on more <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woot#> *4635* up <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woot#>, *1141* down <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woot#><http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woot#><http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woot#> 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. "I defeated the dark sorcerer! Woot!" "woot! i r teh flagmastar!" (Think Tribes) "Woot, I pwnzed this dude's boxen!' and there's wood, would, woof, Wookie, wool... On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Arlo Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > Compare Urban Dictionary: > woot<http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woot> > . > -Arlo James Barnes > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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