Must be amaricanisms, I don't know.
I'm guessing kk means ok?
and woot means? woot the...
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Kornscope Komachi
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02-13-2007 20:10
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02-13-2007 20:14
"w00t" was originally an trunicated expression common among players of Dungeons and Dragons tabletop role-playing game for "Wow, loot!" Thus the term passed into the net-culture where it thrived in video game communities and lost its original meaning and is used simply as a term of excitement. ~Ulrika, oops, I mean Urban Dictionary kk is your initials.  if kthx is ok thanks perhaps kk means OK OK. Urban Dictionary gives a variety of other explanations of woot. It is used in the same way as Wow! Far out! Magnificent! Out a sight! Hooray! An exclamation of joy or delight. _____________________
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Willow Matthews
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02-13-2007 20:40
Permanent software testers need to know these things!
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02-13-2007 21:52
At first I though kk meant they WERE talking to me but no, I see it in conversations often. Doesn't make any sense to me.
As for wOOt. That don't make sense either. In fact, me staying in SL doesn't make any sense, it gets more depressing every day because of the bugs and limitations of being their "Permanent software testers". I don't have much of a real life and thought I could do something with this, but nay. _____________________
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Woopsy Dazy
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02-13-2007 22:19
Woot?! kk
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Daisy Rimbaud
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02-14-2007 02:52
"k" or even "kay" is often used in place of "OK" and "kk" is just a variant.
"woot", or worse still, "w00t" means "I am a complete airhead". |
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Yumi Murakami
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02-14-2007 05:23
Apparantly, "woot" is a shortening of "wow, loot!" from hack-n-slash MMO games.
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Morwen Bunin
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02-14-2007 05:27
Apparantly, "woot" is a shortening of "wow, loot!" from hack-n-slash MMO games. Hmmm.... I thought "woot" was just a shout of joy, suprise and alike... As... Woot, what a nice house! Woot, what I had to laugh! Woot, you have amazing clothes! ... to keep it all in SL terms .Morwen. |
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Jamie Haas
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02-14-2007 06:18
Woot is just Yay! I been usin' it for so long, I use it in real life too.
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Gentle Welinder
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02-14-2007 07:28
I use "woot" IRL for an expression of joy and happiness. When you start getting into "w00tz0rz!" and "ROFLcopter" - time for an SL vacation. ;> My noggin typically explodes when exposed to more than 30 seconds of 733t. Erm, I meant "leet". Now speaking K-rad, those were the days!
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Stephen Zenith
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02-14-2007 07:30
I use "woot" IRL for an expression of joy and happiness. When you start getting into "w00tz0rz!" and "ROFLcopter" - time for an SL vacation. ;> My noggin typically explodes when exposed to more than 30 seconds of 733t. Erm, I meant "leet". Now speaking K-rad, those were the days! O Rly? Somebody had to say it |
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Daisy Rimbaud
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02-14-2007 07:33
Apparantly, "woot" is a shortening of "wow, loot!" from hack-n-slash MMO games. As I said ... |
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Athena Sterling
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02-14-2007 07:36
maybe i'm a bit old, but i always thought woot was just something slightly evolved from the left over arsenal hall generation...
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02-14-2007 07:46
At first I though kk meant they WERE talking to me but no, I see it in conversations often. Doesn't make any sense to me. As for wOOt. That don't make sense either. In fact, me staying in SL doesn't make any sense, it gets more depressing every day because of the bugs and limitations of being their "Permanent software testers". I don't have much of a real life and thought I could do something with this, but nay. yes, I'd suggest you concentrate on your real life. Sl is not worth getting depressed over if it is not what you expected. |
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Mia Darracq
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02-14-2007 08:19
maybe i'm a bit old, but i always thought woot was just something slightly evolved from the left over arsenal hall generation... Woot, Woot, Woot *while pumping arm madly in the air* |
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bilbo99 Emu
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02-14-2007 08:26
Woot, Woot, Woot *while pumping arm madly in the air* now this is something that always had me wondering just where it came from ... although I agree from past evidence this is indeed how it's spelt, whenever I witnessed this IRL it seemed to have a silent 'w' and 't' ? .. and I may be easy to please but ... if I get past the login inworld .. I am rarely if ever dissapointed. |
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Flash Ferguson
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02-14-2007 09:14
You can always go hang out at the Elbow Room. They have a "no woot" sign posted.
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Wicked Picket
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02-14-2007 09:34
Woot, there it is!! kk?
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Mhaijik Guillaume
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Zomg ! !!!!!1111one one
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Jake Reitveld
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02-14-2007 10:38
Well having been a D&D player since that games inception, the DnD explanation is just wrong. I never heard anyone use this expression in any forum until after the Everquest explosion. I have always the thought the explanation that it is somehow a leet speak abbreviation for We Own Other Team made the most sense.
It is used as an explanation of of hoy, and in some cases an expression of erotic fulfillment. I think its silly, and extraneous, as english already has plenty of expressions that say the same thing. I'm all for language evolving, but woot! is not where it needs to go. _____________________
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Conifer Dada
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02-14-2007 11:05
I am campaigning for a new region (sim) to be named WOOT.
Please name a future sim WOOT! |
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Jopsy Pendragon
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02-14-2007 11:18
As I understand it: "Woo Hoo!" is a Homer Simpson-ism...
and "Woot!" is an alternate/abbreviated form of it. "KK" is like saying "right right" or "sure sure", "yeah yeah" -- non-sarcastically. It's a easier to type then "mmhmm". We could probably use "mmm'kay" as well but that's more work, and just "k" seems too short. It may have had it's origins influenced by "ack" (for "Acknowledged" . Unrelatedly, but for the heck of it, I'm amused at how 'spam' came about: From the meat product to Monty Python Skit to text muds... where folks would re-enact the monty python skit in text.... and swamp the server so much that it lagged... to a more general use: "spamming a server" meant sending so much useless data to it caused it to lag. to the email.. which likewise comes in such volumes that it still causes more modern and capable servers lag issues. |
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Caramia Camilo
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02-14-2007 11:31
Heh - time u guys learned a bit of l337 speak omgwtfpwnd!
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Caramia Camilo
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02-14-2007 11:34
Ha ha - not heard anyone talk like that since my SWG dayz! How bout eleventyoneoneone11111111111 muhahahahaha |
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Nyoko Salome
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02-14-2007 11:34
now if somebody could explain to me the origins of 'boo-rah'... (which seems like an awfully silly thing to say, imho_____________________
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