Kccitystar Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Merriam-Webster has announced its word of the year for 2007 and the winner is... w00t? Seriously. Woot. This isn't a word, it's a... I don't know what the fsck it is but woot isn't really a word. This link also shows the others that were in the running for word of the year, which include "facebook" at number 2. My question is...is this possibly indicative of some sort of changing of the guard in pop culture where the nerd becomes king? Are we entering into the guilded age of geekdom where the pocket protector is king and it's acceptable for people to come up with stupid alliterations like guilded age of geekdom? Or is it simply that an internet vote for the word of the year isn't exactly a representative sample of the nation as a whole? I think the downfall of western civilization has to do with obsession with celebrities, and pop culture. It's getting a little ridiculous. I'm currently reading a book by Greg Easterbrook (he now writes for ESPN), the book is called "The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse" and it's pretty awesome. It pretty much talks about how life has changed in the last 50 years (everyone has access to shelter, education, healthcare, food, and pretty much everything else we can think of) and we still want more. It sounds like a depressing book but it's really good. It really puts things in perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 When you let 7 years olds with computer access vote on the word of the year what do you expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 woot.com begs to differ :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 woot.com begs to differ I love that site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 A worthwhile deal 2% of the time, but its worth checking every night for that deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleMo Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I always prefered Whoomp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Oh, the irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 A worthwhile deal 2% of the time, but its worth checking every night for that deal. I would say more than 2% of the time. Although, usually it's something I'm not interested in, so it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brutushayesosu Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Its that woot, woot! http://youtube.com/watch?v=ccgXjA2BLEY&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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