Nothing exciting to write about other than interesting stuff on the news. I've got a holiday party at 5:30 and then Stitch-n-Bitch at 7pm, busy girl. I'm looking forward to seeing the ladies and getting some knitting done. Hubby is off to do some christmas shopping :o) hope I'm on the good list :o)
w00T w00T
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - English-language dictionary Merriam-Webster said Wednesday that an expression popular with people that play online computer games was voted its word of the year for 2007.
The word "w00t," spelled using the number zero in place of the letter "o," placed first in a Top Ten list based on votes by visitors to Merriam-Webster's website.
The word is described as an exclamation "expressing joy, possibly after a triumph or for no reason at all" and is similar to the word "yay."
An example given by the dictionary is "w00t! I won the contest."
The word is also considered an acronym in the online gaming world for "We owned the other team," according to US-based Merriam-Webster.
Merriam-Webster said "w00t" hasn't made it into the dictionary but being chosen as word of the year "just might improve its chances."
The word is part of computer hacker vernacular referred to as "l33t," or "elite," speak used in competitive online computer game forums.
The customized language combines letters and numbers used in their stead, such as a number three for the letter "E" or a number four for the letter "A."
Second-place in the word-of-the-year contest went to "facebook," making an unofficial verb of the name of the popular social networking website.
The meaning given to "facebook" is to post a picture, party news or other information to profile pages at the website.
Also finishing in the top ten of the competition were yet-to-be-sanctioned words "blamestorm" and "sardoodledom," according to Merriam-Webster.
A blamestorm is a verb described as a group discussion of why a deadline was missed or a project botched and whose fault it was.
Sardoodledom is derived from English playwright George B. Shaw's criticism of French peer Victorien Sardou and is used to mean contrived plots or stereotypical characters in dramatic works.
Chug Chug Chug (people are moron's is all I have to say about this article)
BERLIN - A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing two pints of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new rules about carrying liquids aboard a plane, police said Wednesday.
The incident occurred Tuesday at the Nuremberg airport, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a vacation in Egypt.
New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked.
Instead, he chugged the vodka — and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.
A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg clinic for treatment. The man, whose name was not released, is expected to be able to go home in a few days.
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