Ah the dictionary. Is their anything we don't love about you? Your many words. The way you make us feel mentally inferior for not grasping your full bounty. They way you save the day in a riveting game of Scrabbulous... or "Scrabble" for all you crazy brick and mortar types ;-) And of course, the way put your finger right on the
pulse of society in the words you choose to include. Gamers of the world unite: "W00t" is in the dictionary. Giddyup!
There is a twinge of disappointment in this glorious victory for gamer-kind, in so much as the choice to add w00t to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary occurred by popular vote. Why is that disappointing? Well probably because its far more amusing to imagine a bunch of editors sipping Brandy and voting for w00t on their own,
asking questions like "what the bloody devil is a whoot" and then using words like "balderdash". Why the editors of Merriam-Webster in Stub's head are all members of the 1920 British parliament is beyond me..but its sad to know that isnt actually how it went down. Ok, so its not really sad. But it is less hilarious.
Never the less, its always cool to see slang of my own vernacular, much less a gaming slang term that is half numbers, find a place in society as a whole.
Gaming 1. English Language 0. Have you had your w00t moment today?
P.S. While we're on the subject, its probably worth mentioning that the number 2 word on the Merriam Webster list was... you guessed it ... Facebook (verb). This blog might be filled with nonsense, but its good to know I've got the topics right ;-)
pulse of society in the words you choose to include. Gamers of the world unite: "W00t" is in the dictionary. Giddyup!
There is a twinge of disappointment in this glorious victory for gamer-kind, in so much as the choice to add w00t to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary occurred by popular vote. Why is that disappointing? Well probably because its far more amusing to imagine a bunch of editors sipping Brandy and voting for w00t on their own,
asking questions like "what the bloody devil is a whoot" and then using words like "balderdash". Why the editors of Merriam-Webster in Stub's head are all members of the 1920 British parliament is beyond me..but its sad to know that isnt actually how it went down. Ok, so its not really sad. But it is less hilarious.
Never the less, its always cool to see slang of my own vernacular, much less a gaming slang term that is half numbers, find a place in society as a whole.
Gaming 1. English Language 0. Have you had your w00t moment today?
P.S. While we're on the subject, its probably worth mentioning that the number 2 word on the Merriam Webster list was... you guessed it ... Facebook (verb). This blog might be filled with nonsense, but its good to know I've got the topics right ;-)
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