Merriam-Webster's Word of '07: 'W00t'

[Joanne M. Despres]

I believe the choice of "Word of the Year" at M-W is determined by
the number of lookups in the online dictionary.  It's a fairly
automatic thing.

Joanne

On 12 Dec 2007, at 11:56, Scot LaFaive wrote:

> Seems an odd choice for 2007, as it is relatively old (as Grant mentioned)
> and I can't imagine it's had any more prevalence this year than any other.
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> Scot
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> On Dec 12, 2007 4:51 AM, Russ McClay <mcclay at taolodge.com> wrote:
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