Explain to me SUXXOR and BUMP

[Henry]

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.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

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!'

 

[diaglo]

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.

 

[Desdichado]

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.

 

[Desdichado]

Don't you mean "kn0XX0rs off your s0XX0rs"?

d00d!!!1 jes, i t0t411y d0 m34n th4t!!!!!1111!

 

[Henry]

It is whoop, there it is. I have it on Jock Jams Vol. 1.

Proof that it's "Whoot".

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.

 

[BOZ]

i remember the "whoop" by tag team, which IIRC is the one you usually hear in clips and such.

 

[Desdichado]

Sadly, I know my early 90's pop-rap.

I stand corrected. Although I still submit that the one everyone's actually heard does not say w00t there it is...

 

[Pants]

d00d!!!1 jes, i t0t411y d0 m34n th4t!!!!!1111!

Don't forget the totally optional spelling of 'd3wd'

 

[Sado]

"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")