What's With All the FAIL?

The ever-incisive Slate Magazine drops science on the origins and evolution of the FAIL meme. Haven't heard of it yet? You will soon enough, dear internet friends and followers. Thus far, FAIL looks to be this...

Merriam-Webster's word of '07: 'w00t'

"SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t." "W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness or triumph, topped...

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