Just wondering

Rallispec

Lifer
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its w00t

and its like "yay" or something like that..

goes back to hacker times- sounds like "root".. i dunno the whole story, i'm sure somebody can tell you.

dont say it. :)
 

docmanhattan

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Jul 31, 2001
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i thought it was a Quake thing. Like a battle cry of sort...

Like "w00t, i just blew off your head! i'm a l33t fragger"

 

Russ

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<< Typically it's not synonmous with nef but in this case I think it is. >>



HotChic,

That was sarcastic and mean.

Russ, NCNE

 

Rallispec

Lifer
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when early hackers broke into a system - they reached the "root".. so the would procliam or yell "root!" and then that turned into "woot!" because it sounds like root. and now with all the 1337 h@xor type, its spelled "w00t"

its just a general word used by computer geeks now to show excitement and happiness for doing something good.

in other words, its retarded. its a nef.