An interjection similar to Yay!
, as in: w00t!!!
I just got a raise!
Often used for small victories the speaker dies
not expect to be of special interest to anyone else. Some claim this is a
bastardization of root
, the highest level of access to a
system (particularly UNIX), originated by script kiddies as a 133tspeak
equivalent of root
, and said as an exclamation upon gaining
root access. Others claim it originated in the Everquest multiplayer game
as an abbreviation of wonderful loot
. Still other claim it
on originated on IRC as the Ewok victory cheer
] Adj.
w00table has the sense of
cool
or nifty
. This is one of the few
leet-speak coinages to have crossed over into non-ironic use among
hackers.