ok... where does "w00t" come from?

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ndee

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is it just an expression like: woooooooooow or hoooooooooooooooooooooly sh!t, etc.?
 
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Mutilator

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Actually I was saying WOOT! Looong before Everquest came out. We're talking quakeworld days.
 
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the memories of capture the flag and TF. ill give w00t to that.
 
Rallispec

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i always heard that w00t came from the word ROOT, which hackers would proclaim once they hacked into a system and reached the root directory.. being the cool hackers that they were, they started saying w00t, which was a mix of woohoo and root. way before either quake or everquest came out.
 
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Originally posted by: Rallispec
i always heard that w00t came from the word ROOT, which hackers would proclaim once they hacked into a system and reached the root directory.. being the cool hackers that they were, they started saying w00t, which was a mix of woohoo and root. way before either quake or everquest came out.
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FuZoR

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yeah i thought w00t came from FPS gaming...

anyways i used it in gaming when i score a frag/kill , i say w00t!!!
 
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i always heard that w00t came from the word ROOT, which hackers would proclaim once they hacked into a system and reached the root directory.. being the cool hackers that they were, they started saying w00t, which was a mix of woohoo and root. way before either quake or everquest came out.
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I heard that too. wOOt goes way way back.
 
FoBoT

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i am pretty sure that when Lewis & Clark reached the Pacific ocean, the first thing they did was text message President Jefferson a big ole "w00t!!" , on their cell phone
that was the first time it was used, November 1805
 
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Actually, it dates back to Leif Eriksson when he made his passage across the North Atlantic to the Americas back in 1001 A.D. With him on board was his long-time friend and navigator Lars, a terribly nearsighted man, nearly deaf, and with a cleft palate.

When Eriksson spied land through the morning mist, he called out to his navigator, "Lars, do you see that!?! Is that land I can see?"

Lars, being so nearsighted he couldn't see much past the bridge of his nose, could just make out that Eriksson was flailing his arms trying to get his attention. Realizing that his friend must have said something, he mumbled out, "Woot?"
 
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