BBC "Word of the Year 2007" - W00t!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7142257.stm - Games Jargon Becomes word of the year

BBC is known for its habit of evaluating the importance of various people, events and objects during the course of the year and in the end crediting them as influential and important in their respective fields. One of such “awards” BBC has is the “Word of the Year” – the word that has risen in prominence during the year and even entered various respected Dictionaries. It is certainly not irrelevant to mention in our blog that the Word of the Year for 2007, according to BBC is a gamer-jargon “w00t!”,which is an expression of joy and victory, often used by the gamers during the online games. Now, according to the very same BBC, it is slowly entering the everyday slang in North American youth. This “award” is certainly not something huge or official, but it once again demonstrates the rising cultural impact of the Computer games in the society.