Yikes. Sometimes I feel like we're devolving... soon we'll communicate using grunts.

I don't think anyone even pronounces that word... never heard anyone say it.

w00t is no better or worse than 'yay!' (or yikes). I've also heard plenty of people (nerds) say it in real life.

yikes |yīks| exclamation informal expressing shock and alarm, often for humorous effect : I had a dip in the 40-degree pool (yikes!).

From Oxford Dictionary.

> Merriam-Webster President John Morse said, "People look for self-evident numeral-letter substitutions: 0 for O; 3 for E; 7 for T; and 4 for A," he said. "This is simply a different and more efficient way of representing the alphabetical character."

More efficient?

In other news: U.S. Dictionary sells four copies this year. Beats projections by 33%

w00t!