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Subject: What does "WOOT" mean?

ScottA opened this issue on Jun 10, 2005 · 14 posts
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ScottA ( ) posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 12:03 PM · edited Sat, 23 November 2024 at 5:47 AM

I've seen people start to post this "WOOT" word a lot and I don't know what it means. I remember when Arsenio Hall started the Whoo...Whoo...Whoo thing a long time ago. Is this what they are referring to? Is this one of those black sayings that white people screwwed up trying to immitate it? Or is it something else entirely? -ScottA

blaufeld ( ) posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 12:10 PM · edited Fri, 10 June 2005 at 12:11 PM

It's more or less "Oh Yeah!", like in :
"The new toys have arrived!" "WOOT! WOOT!"

Message edited on: 06/10/2005 12:11

simdragon ( ) posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 12:49 PM

I always thought it was a gamer saying, lol. "Woot! I kicked some orc ass!"

mateo_sancarlos ( ) posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 3:09 PM

Attached Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woot

"The term w00t is a slang interjection used to express happiness or excitement, usually over the Internet. The expression is most popular on USENET posts, multiplayer computer games (especially first person shooters), IRC chats, and instant messages, though use on the World Wide Web in the form of weblogs or in forums is by no means uncommon." So basically they are carrying on in the tradition of Arsenio Hall fans. I think I can safely say that without risking another deletion.

xoconostle ( ) posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 3:29 PM

So how do you pump your fist in the air repeatedly while typing "w00t"? :-)

SndCastie ( ) posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 4:18 PM

You type with your toes :P SndCastie


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simdragon ( ) posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 4:55 PM

I thought the Arsenio Hall thing was something more like "rrrroooo, rrrroooo, rrrroooo"? I thought that was why the nickname "The Dog Pound" came into being on that show?

rdonovan ( ) posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 7:07 PM

Re Post #3 Simdragon: WOOT in gamerspeak: We Own the Other Team

simdragon ( ) posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 7:11 PM

Ah, thank you! =)

wheatpenny ( ) posted Fri, 10 June 2005 at 9:57 PM
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DJB ( ) posted Sat, 11 June 2005 at 12:32 AM · edited Sat, 11 June 2005 at 12:33 AM

I thought it represented a whistle. Woot Woot

Message edited on: 06/11/2005 00:33

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elizabyte ( ) posted Sat, 11 June 2005 at 2:55 AM

I thought it was kind of a corruption of Homer Simpson's excited cry of, "Woohoo!" :-) bonni

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ScottA ( ) posted Sat, 11 June 2005 at 9:44 AM

Lol, I guess a lot of people are confused about it too.

dialyn ( ) posted Sat, 11 June 2005 at 10:22 AM

Attached Link: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woot

Also see the link. It's pretty funny how much there is on this word.

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