Its a great website: www.woot.com. But what does it take its name from??
2006-08-10 07:39:08 · 5 answers · asked by autie_808 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Woot originated as a hacker term for root (or administrative) access to a computer. However, with the term as coincides with the gamer term, "w00t".
"w00t" was originally an trunicated expression common among players of Dungeons and Dragons tabletop role-playing game for "Wow, loot!" Thus the term passed into the net-culture where it thrived in video game communities and lost its original meaning and is used simply as a term of excitement.
"I defeated the dark sorcerer! Woot!"
"woot! i r teh flagmastar!" (Think Tribes)
"Woot, I pwnzed this dude's boxen!'
2006-08-10 07:46:56 · answer #1 · answered by cheezzznitz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woot takes its name from the widely-used online interjection “w00t!”
2006-08-10 07:49:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
W00T - It just means like 'huray' sometimes people say *cheer* in IM messages instead.
2006-08-10 07:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by Rigger Rigby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.urbandictionary.com/
2006-08-10 07:44:22 · answer #4 · answered by TheWho 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woot like 'Yay' I dunno.
2006-08-10 07:44:29 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋