| Merriam-Webster选出2007年10大年度词汇 | | 2008-01-10 16:18:36 |
Thousands of you took part in the search for Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2007, and the vast majority of you chose a small word that packs a pretty big punch. The word you've selected hasn't found its way into a regular Merriam-Webster dictionary yet—but its inclusion in our online Open Dictionary, along with the top honors it's now been awarded—might just improve its chances. This year's winning word first became popular in competitive online gaming forums as part of what is known as l33t ("leet," or "elite") speak—an esoteric computer hacker language in which numbers and symbols are put together to look like letters. Although the double "o" in the word is usually represented by double zeroes, the exclamation is also known to be an acronym for "we owned the other team"—again stemming from the gaming community.
Merriam-Webster's #1 Word of the Year for 2007 based on votes from visitors to our Web site:
1. w00t (interjection)
expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word "yay"
w00t! I won the contest!
w00t，wt中间是两个zero，也等同于woot。关于这个词的来历说法不一，最早见于《麻雀变凤凰》电影，女主角那个谁来着看赛马时一劲喊这句，不过普遍认为是起源于当前最热门的网络游戏《魔兽世界》。其中一个解释就是，w00t=WoW!loot! WoW是魔兽世界，loot是拾取怪物身上掉落的东西。
本次票选在是网上进行的，所以大量网络E时代词汇入选也不足为奇，不过洋学生们也可以此管窥互联网英语的流行前沿。
2. facebook
3. conundrum
4. quixotic
5. blamestorm
6. sardoodledom
7. apathetic
8. Pecksniffian
9. hypocrite
10. charlatan
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