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w00t is Miriam-Webster's Word of the Year (WOTY).

We wonder why, or not.

The word is typically spelled with two zeros. 

What about it?

1. w00t is like the equivalent of "yay" except online.

2. w00t can be used after a victory, triumph or for no reason at all.

3. w00t is indicative of what is going on in language.

4. w00t arrived because we are now communicating with one another

5. w00t reflects the growing use of the numeric keyboard in type words

6. w00t uses zeros like others use 3 for E, 7 for T and 4 for A.

7. w00t is another efficient way of representing alphabetical character

8. w00t is one of the most looked-up words on Mirriam-Webster's site. 

As for me, I never heard of or saw the word before this morning. Shows to go you how far behind the times I am. But, I'm catching up.

w00t!

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