“w00t” is Word of the Year

Merriam-Webster announced today that the 2007 word of the year is “w00t”

w00t (interjection). expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word “yay”

Based on reader votes, this commonly used word among techies beat out “facebook” and “conundrum” for word of the year. You may remember our love of the “woot-offs“and all things woot….