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Originally Posted by Borgs
Actually, I think that woot was first used in everquest as a combination of "woohoo" and "loot". I think that the 0's and the other nonsense were added in when "leet speak" became popular.
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I'd heard that as well, when I played EQ1 (1999-2004) -- but w00t was in fact in IRC channels and BBS' long before 1999 (EQ's release). I feel like we're making history here!
I'll be telling my kids some day about the strange way we talked with that "Internet thing" first came out.. while they talk to their friends over their bluetooth Internet2 watch with holographic display...