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The funky spelling is to make immature punks feel special.
When you 'Bump' a thread, you are sending it back to the top of the page, either to get more opinions or let more people see it, sometimes to extend your trolling as well.
Indeed. But the correct spelling really should always include at least some numerical characters. Like 5uxx0r or r0XX0r.
And when something really r0XX0rs, you say it r0XX0rs your b0XX0rs and knocks off your s0XX0rs. And then you should end it with about ten exclamation points, being sure to let your finger off the shift key for a few, so it comes out like !!!!11one1!! Oh, and be sure to spell the as teh as often as possible.
Hmmm, I guess no one's really answered the question yet though. It's really a joke on Usenet losers who use "chatspeak" in their posts, can't spell, and do other bonehead things, like using no caps or punctuation or whatever. And are way too excited about whatever they're talking about.
I started to write a brief history, but damned if Wikipedia doesn't have every last little tidbit and nuance I was going to explain about the bizarre, fragmented, poorly-understood cultural phenomenon that is leetspeak.
"teh" should be obvious. it originated as a typo - type the word "the" several times very quickly, and see how many times "teh" comes up instead. it's such a common error that people have taken to typing it on purpose.
"teh" should be obvious. it originated as a typo - type the word "the" several times very quickly, and see how many times "teh" comes up instead. it's such a common error that people have taken to typing it on purpose.
Which means that sometimes "the" shows up as a typo of "teh". :\
There are a lot of explanations about the term "w00t" at wikipedia, but I serious believe it starts at the song "Whoot! There it is!" by the rap/pop group 95 South. It was cut in 1993, and would place it right about the time that term starts getting used in BBS's and the like.
The term "suxxors" may have origins in the programming term XOR, or "exclusive OR", which is a mathematical logic statement used in programming.
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There are a lot of explanations about the term "w00t" at wikipedia, but I serious believe it starts at the song "Whoot! There it is!" by the rap/pop group 95 South. It was cut in 1993, and would place it right about the time that term starts getting used in BBS's and the like.
I seem to remember it as "Whoop! There it is!"...though that could just be bad hearing and such. Either way, it still would explain a lot about 'w00t!'
I seem to remember it as "Whoop! There it is!"...though that could just be bad hearing and such. Either way, it still would explain a lot about 'w00t!'
my bad hearing too.
to me i always thot w00t came from the 1970's woodsie owl slogans...
give a w00t. don't pollute... meaning don't pollute threads with useless drivel.
but i love SPAM. fried with an egg and plenty of catsup/ketchup.
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I seem to remember it as "Whoop! There it is!"...though that could just be bad hearing and such. Either way, it still would explain a lot about 'w00t!'
It is whoop, there it is. I have it on Jock Jams Vol. 1.
There's also a song released by Tag Team called "Whoomp! There it is!" which was a spinoff of the first song. Back in the early to mid-90's, rap artists were stealing each others' taglines and dissin' each other's songs like there was no tomorrow. Add in all the "answer" songs (where one song disrespects another party, and that party or a third party comes up with another song to jab back) and it leads to some nasty rivalries between groups.
Sadly, I know my early 90's pop-rap.
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If there's five dragons, they're standard monsters.
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Last edited by Henry; 8th September 2004 at 03:07 PM..
"teh" should be obvious. it originated as a typo - type the word "the" several times very quickly, and see how many times "teh" comes up instead. it's such a common error that people have taken to typing it on purpose.
I get that (do it all the time). But how did it come to be an intensifier (i.e. "very")
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