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Non-audio related question about forum linguo


Ok, this is completly non audio related, but i cannot find the answer to this ANYWHERE and it is driving me freaking MAD. Hopefully the moderators will bare with me and allow this thread and somone can put an end to my torture.

Forum/Teleconference Linguo.
BRB - Be Right Back
AFK - Away From Keyboard
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing.
JM2C - Just My 2 Cents
FWIW - For What Its Worth

See a pattern here?

Well... WHAT THE HELL IS "W00T"????

The Urban Dictionary defines this as an expression of joy and excitement.

How the HELL did they come up with this? Nobody can give me an answer. All of the other computer-shorthand makes some sence and is easy to figure out.

Does anyone know how the hell a "W", 2 Zero's, and a freaking "T" mean ANYTHING?

Help me! Please! This is driving me insane! Nobody can tell me! Im out of places to ask! It is really pissin me off!

Audiogon really is the ultimate pool of knowledge! Damn near everyone here is well educated... well.. some more than others, but that is besides the point! Can ANYONE here answer this riddle for me? Or will the Audiogon community actually get STUMPED on something????

-Goin mad-
slappy
ed_sawyer
588 posts
 
forgot DILLIGAF.

Do I look like I give a F*ck?

-Ed
viggen
817 posts
 
My nephew loves using WTFH.

I personally invented a slew of acronyms based on Chinese lingos but using Latin alphabets used when chatting with my Chinese friends on AIM while studying.

NGM=Ni Gan Ma=What are you doing?
XLB=Xiao Lon Bao=Some Chinese dish
ZZM=Zah Zian Mien=Some Chinese noodle

I get hungry when studying late at night...

Also, I invented some acronyms for my common responses to stupid questions or observations.

PBWTWB=People Believe What They Want To Believe
TAWYJSTAG=Think About What You Just Said Then Ask Again
audiobugged
525 posts
 
Shventus, That's one Heck of a List but...Where's the W00T?
satch
329 posts
 
After an extensive search (well, I asked a friend of mine) it seems that w00t is indeed a expression of joy, and is based on a funny sound old computers made when starting up and finding some hardware error. Hmmm.... what's so funny about that? I just replaced my harddisk a couple of weeks ago, and I can't remember smiling during the process. Oh well...... JM2C.
dmitrydr
221 posts
 
Quote:
w00t: derived from 'hoot', this is defined as 'yay', it can be used, for example, upon victory or, possibly, the release and procurement of a new video card.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A772346
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