新闻:社会生活2008-1-4
[size=12pt][url=http://www.enread.cn/news/life/55614.html][size=12pt]“W00t”当选韦氏“2007年度词汇” [/size][/url][/size][align=center][img=200,221]http://www.enread.cn/upimg/080104/2_163304.jpg[/img] [/align][align=left]"W00t" is named as Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year
Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t."[/align][align=left]"W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness or triumph, topped all other terms in the Springfield-based dictionary publisher's online poll for the word that best sums up 2007.[/align][align=left]Merriam-Webster's president, John Morse, said "w00t" was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology.[/align][align=left]It's like saying "yay," the dictionary said.[/align][align=left]"It shows a really interesting thing that's going on in language. It's a term that's arrived only because we're now communicating electronically with each other," Morse said.[/align][align=left]For technophobes, the word also is familiar from the 1990 movie "Pretty Woman," in which Julia Roberts startles her date's upper-crust friends with a hearty "Woot, woot, woot!" at a polo match.[/align][align=left]Gamers commonly substitute numbers and symbols for the letters, Morse says, creating what they call "l33t speak" — that's "leet" when spoken, short for "elite" to the rest of the world.[/align][align=left]Purists of "l33t speak" often substitute a "7" for the final "t," expressing a "w007" of victory when they defeat an online gaming opponent.[/align][align=left]"W00t" was among 20 nominees in a list of the most-searched words in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary and most frequently submitted terms from users of its "open dictionary."[/align][align=left]The choice did not make Allan Metcalf, executive secretary of the American Dialect Society, say "w00t."[/align][align=left]"It's amusing, but it's limited to a small community and unlikely to spread and unlikely to last," said Metcalf.[/align][align=left]"Truthiness" was the word of last year picked by Webster.[/align][align=left]Some also-rans in the 2007 list: the use of "facebook" as a verb to signify using the Web site by that name; "blamestorm," a meeting in which mistakes are aired, fingers are pointed and much discomfort is had by all.[/align]
[align=left]当铁杆网络游戏迷们得知《韦氏大词典》 “2007年度词汇”的评选结果时，他们一定会欢呼跃雀——或者更准确的说，他们会说“w00t”。[/align][align=left]在《韦氏大词典》（总部位于斯布林菲尔德）“2007年度词汇” 的在线评选中，“w00t”击败其它词汇拔得头筹。“W00t”是字母与数字的“混搭词”，网络游戏玩家在玩得很爽或打败对方时常会说这个词。[/align][align=left]《韦氏大词典》总裁约翰•莫斯说，“w00t”一词既新奇，又体现了新技术，无疑是今年年度词汇的最佳选择。[/align][align=left]据《韦氏大词典》介绍，“w00t”与“yay”（耶！）有些类似。[/align][align=left]莫斯说：“它体现了当今语言发展中一个十分有趣的现象。“W00t”这个词之所以流行，正是因为我们进入了‘电子化交流’时代。”[/align][align=left]即使对网络和游戏不感兴趣的人，对“w00t”这个词也不应该陌生。在1990年的影片《风月俏佳人》中，由朱莉娅•罗伯茨饰演的女主角在观看马球比赛时，大喊“woot!woot!woot!”，令她约会对象的那些上层社会朋友惊诧不已。[/align][align=left]莫斯说，游戏玩家通常用数字和符号来代替字母。他们创造出了一种“l33t speak”“精英语言”（网络黑话），“l33t”读作“leet”，是elite（精英）一词的缩写。[/align][align=left]坚持使用“精英语言”的人常用“7”来替代w00t的最后一个字母“t”，因此他们在游戏中打败对手、获得胜利时常会说“w007”。[/align][align=left]“W00t”等20个词入围《韦氏大词典》的年度词汇评选，这些都是韦氏在线词典中查询频率最高、在“开放词典”中用户提交次数最多的词。[/align][align=left]但美国方言学会执行秘书长阿兰•麦特卡尔夫得知这一结果后，并没有说“w00t”。[/align][align=left]他说：“这个结果很可笑。这个词的使用范围仅限于一小部分人，不可能广泛传播，也不可能一直使用。”[/align][align=left]2006年的韦氏年度词汇是“truthiness”。[/align][align=left]入围《韦氏大词典》2007年度流行词排行榜的其它一些词汇包括：“facebook”，用作动词，意为“使用Facebook社交网站；“blamestorm”，指的是一种互相指责、互相推卸责任、令所有人都感觉不爽的会议。（译者注：与brainstorm头脑风暴不同，blamestorm指责风暴常在项目失败后举行）[/align]
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