Sardoodledom Was Robbed!!!!

[donutsweeper]

w00t won

"Thousands of you took part in the search for Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2007, and the vast majority of you chose a small word that packs a pretty big punch. The word you've selected hasn't found its way into a regular Merriam-Webster dictionary yet—but its inclusion in our online Open Dictionary, along with the top honors it's now been awarded—might just improve its chances. This year's winning word first became popular in competitive online gaming forums as part of what is known as l33t ("leet," or "elite") speak—an esoteric computer hacker language in which numbers and symbols are put together to look like letters. Although the double "o" in the word is usually represented by double zeroes, the exclamation is also known to be an acronym for "we owned the other team"—again stemming from the gaming community."

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

Sardoodledom (noun) mechanically contrived plot structure and stereotyped or unrealistic characterization in drama : staginess, melodrama 

Sardoodledom came in sixth.   

Comments

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Boo! I'll agree with you there, Sardoodledom was robbed! And beaten by leet speak too. Grrrr.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

perhaps having the voting done on-line skewed the results? *sigh* We all learned a new word though, thanks to this contest, and that's something!

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

I have this yearning to see it used in a crackfic title... "Captain Jack and the Temple of Sardoodledom" you could even have added donuts!

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

how about pwned? that's better than w00t! l33t speak is so '90's man!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Lol, that would be funny! (And I think all crack!fic needs donuts) Doubt I could do it justice though

[matsujo9.livejournal.com]

Aw, sardoodledom is a much more unique word!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

w00t shouldn't have won, the contest must have been rigged!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

We'll just have to do our best to spread the sardoodledom love throughout the masses

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Aw, sardoodledom WAS robbed. ::pouts::

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*pouts with you* and *passes donuts*

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Awww, I'm sorry, that is a bummer. I shall endeavor to spread sardoodledum love around a bit so this doesn't happen again.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yay! Fantastic!

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

And can I pinch the Sardoodledom icons please?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

This one I made, and you're more than welcome to (with credit) and the wand one was made by rustydog and she usually doesn't mind either as long as you credit

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

I have *always* wanted to know what w00t meant! *hides head in shame*

sardoodledom would have had my vote - if I'd known it needed it *hug*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I didn't know what it stood for either. I assumed it was a version of woo-hoo or something (which makes no sense, but oh well) poor sardoodledom.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Nope, I don't mind either! Spread the sardoodledom!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Oh, how disappointing! Especially that "w00t" won. Wow. That's the first time I've ever typed that. Apparently I'm stodgy.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

it's just such a BLAH word! *sigh*