It's official. Gaming lexicon is becoming mainstream.
Merriam-Webster's word of '07: 'w00t' [M-W, NYT]
I've been using it in IMs for a while now, and if faculty are using it, it sure ain't street anymore.
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I study mediated writing processes -- how people use stuff like software and Post-It notes while writing. This blog is a junk-drawer for ideas related to my research. Learn more in my first post.
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4 comments:
I'd enjoy a reduction in shame-levels if I my first reaction hadn't been "Woot!" when I read this.
Then again, I'd enjoy a further reduction if I hadn't been introduced to the term while playing the original Everquest. Starting at age 35. While teaching full-time at DePaul. Where I still teach on a 6-course contract in WRD. And still play EQ on my Mac.
I need to call my therapist . . . :)
I liked the Reuters article on this. It contained the genius statment, "People look for self-evident numeral-letter substitutions: 0 for O; 3 for E; 7 for T; and 4 for A," [Merriam-Webster President John Morse] said. "This is simply a different and more efficient way of representing the alphabetical character."
How the hell is 0 more efficient than o?
Follow up post--
Dr. Slattery,
Go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEWgs6YQR9A
Trust me.
Scott E. Johnson
Lecturer, Dept. of WRD
Brilliant Scott, thanks for sharing.
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