w00t

From washingtonpost.com - Technology:

"W00t" -- that's a double zero -- is now Merriam-Webster's 2007 word of the year. It's leet speak, which itself is a kind of geek speak, and can alternately be rendered "woot" or "w007." It translates as "hurray!" Leet speak (a.k.a. 1337sp33k) is short for "elite speak" -- a playful online lingo that frequently swaps numbers for letters and that originated in the hacking community. W00t gained its lexicographic status through "thousands" of votes on Merriam-Webster's Web site, senior publicist Arthur Bicknell said. Other candidates included "sardoodledum" (a word made famous by the Scripps National Spelling Bee) and "facebook" (a verb meaning to use the social-networking site Facebook).

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