13
Dec
2007
Dec
2007
Merriam-Webster word of the year isn’t even a word
So, Merriam-Webster conducted a poll of what their visitors thought the word of the year was.
w00t… w-zero-zero-t
This isn’t a word people, it’s a sound. It’s like the dictionary adding “d’oh” from The Simpsons, it annoys me as it is not a real word. Sounds should not be in the dictionary, I’m sorry, but I just don’t think they should be.
While w00t hasn’t made it yet, it could, especially with this backing it, which make me think I will never, ever, use this word again for any reason…
Contrary Jack | December 14th, 2007 at 10:59 am #
w00t? D’oh?
Bah! Hey! Yahoo! Hurrah!
Ahem…
…which is to say, the interjection is a well-established lexical category. Words are sounds with meaning attached.
Sean P Aune | December 14th, 2007 at 11:02 am #
I suspected this would get a comment from you *laugh* I don’t consider the one’s you mentioned, with the exception of “Yahoo” words. And in the case of w00t… it’s usually spelled with numbers… I just don’t get it.
Nikki | December 20th, 2007 at 5:17 pm #
I’m okay with interjections and sounds as words, however, I am NOT okay with a word like w00t, simply because you can’t spell words with numbers! You can’t spell words with numbers!! Never in the history of the world has there ever been a word with a number in it. And there shouldn’t be. You keep those numbers away from my words. They don’t belong there. This is not math class! Segregation now!