WTF are you guys talking about, ive TOLD you where it comes from, its like the word OWN as people use it on the web now comes form a terminology sports journos used. thats where PWN comes from. not from counterstrike where it picked up the typo. woot IS like saying woo hoo or whatever.
edit: he/shes right was a bit harsh. sorry.
Calmness, please.
The song IS called "Whoot, There It Is", although there is a "whoop, there it is" song as well. Please see this link. I'm not sure if the word is derived from what or not. I've never heard it used in place of the word what before.
Edit: And I DID have that song in my head all day. DAMN. I am going to have to go listen to hack//sign OST for a while now, one of the few album that can DEFINATELY get anything else out of your head....
Edit to above: it's Mae-chan, not Mae-kun [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]
wow, thats an old song, from 1993
the earliest i remember hearing woot was when i was playing quake2 circa summer 1998. i thought it was a stupid phrase but i always got a laugh out of it.
someone railguns you from the elevator in dm1 "woot!!"
You can't jump in Doom.Originally posted by: AssertnFailure
ive been told that woot originated from "Doom"....where whenever you jumped, your character made a sound that sounded much like "woot"
therefore, everyone decided to turn it into a catch phrase
MmmMmm. Ooiiishiii
That was exactly what I was thinking.Originally posted by: Stoopider
You can't jump in Doom.Originally posted by: AssertnFailure
ive been told that woot originated from "Doom"....where whenever you jumped, your character made a sound that sounded much like "woot"
therefore, everyone decided to turn it into a catch phrase
Anyway, I didn't think woot originated from anywhere but the internet. As far as I ever knew, it's just net-speak for whoo hoo. I know it's not an acronym like lol, but lol originated on the internet and I believe it's the same here. The net does have its own terms and woot is one of them.
I think I know precisely what I mean
when I say it's a schpadoinkle day
uh.....yes you can........
i was playing the game just a few months ago......
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
you cant jump in doom. you can fall. you cant jump.
ugh.....you're gonna make me go pull out the emulated version.....arent you?
if it wasnt doom, then it was doom 2....close enough
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
i don't remember ANY doom having the jump feature. but then again, my memory isn't the best.
woot is a quick way to say "yea in ur face dumass"
I think i saw that the jump thing was from quake, not doom, my bad. As far as where w00t came from I googled it and there seems to be no difinitive answere.
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Yeah I did a quick google and came up with a couple hundred definitions from the Urbandictionary.com
I guess the two best definitions would probably "OH YEAH" (burst of joy/happiness) or the other "I've been connected to the server"
lol rofl stupid online l337 speek.
woohoo!
w00h00!
w00!
w00t!
Thats the evolution. I'm not going to go into fancy stories because thats how it came to be durring my time playing online. It predates most people ventures with the 'net, but it's meanings have been adapted in various ways.
Bottom line is it's an exclamation of excitment. That is and always will be the root definition of it.
w00t! pwnd! some of that IRC jibberish, whatever.
It's cool when people use it on these forums and chatrooms and stuff, but if u use it in real life conversations, you should be bitchitized hard & fast.
"Oh, I was j/k!"
Here's some answers google could provide regarding w00t.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=189002
http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2...and_w00t.shtml
yeah there you go, quake 3.......
i was told doom.....but close enough
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
WOOT: Waste of Our Time
WOOT: We Owned the Other Team (gaming term; less common)
WOOT: Wonderful Loot (Everquest gaming slang; also seen as W00T)
heh, somone actually looked woot up on google.
Woot or w00t is a general word used in an almost onomonopia way to describe joy or happiness, instead of screaming YEAH you just simply say w00t. I believe the term was coined by some 1337 wannabe back in the day, I dont believe it has any relation to rap or doom, but what does that matter? It is still just a great word. To check out how the word is used properly check out teen girl squad episode 2 (fwi: its a flash movie for all of you who dont know) from homestarrunner.com. Thats all&and Xollence puts it best: WOOT: Waste of Our Time &
w00t&is it a nonsensical word for happiness&or is it something else&something&darker&eviler&oh god I am afraid&someone hold me
-animefunkmaster
well in all the games i have played, where ive seen it, woot means like everyone said YEAH! like say your playing and kill someone and it was a tough fight youd be like woot i beat so and so. or if u get good loot or some shit, atleast thats how ive seen it.
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