From Mossy Knits:
5. Patti asked what “woot” meant.
Ever the person to jump at the chance to do some research, and having had this question percolating around in my brain myself although I didn’t realize it until Patti brought it up, I got on the Net and discovered it means three very different things. It is:
* A Scottish exclamation of surprise, shock or joy (this is the version of “woot” I’m familiar with).
* According to LangMaker.com, “When hackers had achieved "root access" on a target, they would shout "root!" Eventually, as mistyping and slang took over, this became "woot". This evolved into a yell of accomplishment.”
* Also according to LangMaker.com, “An acronym in team-based gameplay, meaning: We Owned Other Team.”
Just so you know.
1 comment:
When my daughter was part of a Linux users group at college, WOOT was sprinkled liberally through her communications, as was L33t (leet) - short for elite.
Wikipedia has good articles on both woot and leet.
Congrats on the regrowth of your luxuriant mane!
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