Yeah, Right, Whatever

If so, we're in trouble.

Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t."

"W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness, topped all other terms in the Springfield dictionary publisher's online poll for the word that best sums up 2007.

Merriam-Webster's president, John Morse, said "w00t" was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology.

...Some also-rans in the 2007 list: the use of "facebook" as a verb to signify using the Web site by that name; nuanced terms such as "quixotic" and "hypocrite"; and "blamestorm," a meeting in which mistakes are aired, fingers are pointed and much discomfort is had by all.

Great... we're being taken over by l33t speak (yes, I knew what it meant before I read the article). And y'all thought ebonics was bad.

I have to admit, I like woot.com ... but that's not the same thing at all. And what's wrong with "quixotic"? Much better that l33t speak.