Any Brits care to explain "wOOt!"

clonenodeclonenode
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I've seen this posted in a number of different on-line communities and I'm never sure what it means. It usually seems to follow some light hearted razzing, as in: "You fellows with single processors don't know what you're missing. wOOt!" But it has been used in other ways too.



Any of you British posters care to explain? wOOt!????



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  • Reply 1 of 15
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    ooh, and while you're at it, why don't you explain what a nOOb is.
  • Reply 2 of 15
    crustiboogacrustibooga Posts: 141member
    Hmmm <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> I just did a few searches and found that it could mean 'Worm Out Old Tossers' But I really don't know, I've never heard this before.



    nOOb seems to be 'newbie' just like myself a nOOb
  • Reply 3 of 15
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Neither one of those words have anything to do with Eng-er-land.



    w00t!
  • Reply 4 of 15
    crustiboogacrustibooga Posts: 141member
    <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/gaming/38e7/"; target="_blank">Get the w00t t-shirt</a>



    and an explination.... tis certainly not a brit thang!



    w00t!!
  • Reply 5 of 15
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    w00t belongs to gamers the world over. It seems to have been derived from the obselete 'whoot' which essentially is another way to say 'hoot' which itself is a shout or derisive laugh. But others maintain that w00t is the sound several players make while jumping like bunnies in Quake III. Still others want you to believe that it comes from the phrase 'wow loot' used in multiplayer RPGs many moons ago. Fiction or fact? I suppose you'll just have to decide what 'w00t!' means to you...
  • Reply 6 of 15
    not unlike myselfnot unlike myself Posts: 2,037member
    When folks say w00t, I want to punch them in the face. Almost as much as when TLC runs the commercial for the 'hackers' special. "White hacks and black hacks, and hacker is a good word, and ps I'm a wanna be techie goth weenie and I am a nerd to. pps, I have no life". Man I hate those commercials. HE deserves to be thrown. Where is Mr. T when you need him?
  • Reply 7 of 15
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    j00 r pwn3d.

    w00t!

    i r uber1337!



    Have fun translating into British English.
  • Reply 8 of 15
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    leets are extinct.
  • Reply 9 of 15
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    A friend of mine told me once that it originated from a game called "Everquest" and it is a trucated form of "wonderful loot."



    That would explain why it's so prevalent on Ars.
  • Reply 10 of 15
    rodukroduk Posts: 706member
    [quote]Originally posted by clonenode:

    <strong>I've seen this posted in a number of different on-line communities and I'm never sure what it means. It usually seems to follow some light hearted razzing, as in: "You fellows with single processors don't know what you're missing. wOOt!" But it has been used in other ways too.



    Any of you British posters care to explain? wOOt!????



    [ 12-05-2002: Message edited by: clonenode ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    As a Brit I thought wOOt was an Americanism. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />



    BTW, any Americans care to explain "razzing" <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 11 of 15
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brad:

    <strong>j00 r pwn3d.

    w00t! Struth!

    i r uber1337! Struth!



    Have fun translatin' into British English.



    __________________



    Oh dear, w00t 'ave I started?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    w00t?? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">



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  • Reply 12 of 15
    trevormtrevorm Posts: 841member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brad:

    <strong>j00 r pwn3d.

    w00t!

    i r uber1337!



    Have fun translating into British English. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 13 of 15
    alpha macalpha mac Posts: 463member
    [quote]Originally posted by RodUK:

    <strong>



    As a Brit I thought wOOt was an Americanism. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Same here, it's allways the yank's whoo come up with things like that <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    [ 12-06-2002: Message edited by: Alpha Mac ]



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  • Reply 14 of 15
    not unlike myselfnot unlike myself Posts: 2,037member
    Arg matey! These be strange waters! w00t do ya mean captian? Arg! Barnish you blubbers and poopdeck your main sail! There be storms ahead! But captian.... Arg! Don't stand there gibber-jabbering. Find a chair and sit down.



    Above statment from the little know classic "Russian Bobsled Team goes to Disneyland". I really wonder about this stuff... time in and time out.... again and again...
  • Reply 15 of 15
    frawgzfrawgz Posts: 547member
    [quote]Originally posted by RodUK:

    <strong>BTW, any Americans care to explain "razzing" :confused: </strong><hr></blockquote>



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