Giving “Woot Woot” The Boot Boot – #BootTheWoot
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines WOOT as a word used to express elation, enthusiasm, or triumph.
Wait…WHAT?! This word is in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary???
I don’t know about you but when I took English in high school, my book report’s were full of Shakespeare and Mordecai Richler. I had no idea what was going on in those books and that’s why I repeated Grade 12 English 3 times….
With this new wave of ridiculous and confusing words, how am I supposed to help my children with their book report’s when the materialwill be the likes of “Justin Bieber’s Woot Woot Holla” and “Tracey’s #Twittatastic #Twittcrastination”?
Another problem I have with “Wooting”, is that in order to fit in new words, the Concise Oxford English Dictionary has to eliminate words.
Do you know what word they eliminated to make room?
DO YOU?!?!
It was the word Growlery. Do you know what a growlery is? I do because I have had one.
A Growlery is a “place to growl in, private room, den”. Where are me and my buddies going to growl at now?
Once I had calmed down, I emerged from my newly crowned “Wootery” and came up with this list of 5 new terms I would like to see added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, so that us men can claim back some of our manhood.
1. Couching – Not the embroidery tactic either, I would have that removed first. Couching is what Daddy wants to do after a long day at the office (after play time of course). Couching most likely involves watching sports or wrestling.
2. DisPinterested – A word to express a Man’s feelings towards Pinterest. Nuff Said.
3. Gameril – A medication, to be invented at a later date, to help men deal with an unexpected extended absence from the ability to play video games.
4. Man-O-Tron – {Multiple Meanings} a) used to describe a man who uses his ability to see things that only other men can see without actually looking directly at the object eg. Dude, you went so Man-O-Tron back there. b) a fictional robot that does a man’s chores for him. c) the nerdy awesome user name all men fight over in video game forums.
5. Bearpunch – A slang term to remind men what to do if they find themselves face to face with a bear or larger man.
I have submitted my list to the fine folks at the Concise Oxford English Dictionary and hope to hear back soon.
In the meantime, I hope my message is clear. I encourage all of you to join my efforts to “Give The Boot To The Woot!”
You can join me on Twitter @CanadianDadBlog as I launch my campaign to #BootTheWoot and please feel free to share your #BootTheWoot stories in the comments section!
Help me to build a brighter, Wootless world for our children!
Cheers!
I love this post! WOOT WOOT! bhahahahahah
okay I know I just got fired, and probably turned you into an anger ball, and if you aren’t careful with this you will get pwoned as my son says or fashizzled – whatever that means.
LOL, I believe you are looking for Pwned there. I know this because I am a man with the brain of a young boy ;P
Thanks!!!
Dispinterested made me giggle!
I aim to please!
NO! We can’t boot the woot… Hubby’s marketing business is called WOOT Marketing 🙁 Was the only thing our tiny little minds could think of because, well… we were bored and had to come up with a name and at that time my son said woot, a lot.
Okay, maybe WOOT could go, would make our name a little more unique 🙂
Wow! Changing your company name to support my cause would be the ultimate sacrifice, LOL!
On the other hand, I’d hate to ruin a business….
Okay, Woot Marketing can stay! 😛
I don’t believe it’s in the Oxford dictionary!!!!!!
I agree with most of this post. I just have one thing to say about it.
Awesomeness in da houssseee… *woot woot*
LOL! I figured I’d be getting a barrage of Woot’s for this one. Eventually some men will visit this site and we will band together in our Growlery’s and come up with a plan!!!
Did someone say Justin Bieber?? OMG woot woot!!!
okay just kidding, pretty sad when we are including craptastic slang into our formal english dictionary! good luck with Man-o-ton! lol
Thanks Jen! I have nothing against the Biebs, he seems like a good dude and I’ll probably even read Woot Woot Holla when it comes out!
Love it! Great post! Dispinterested made me laugh! Okay, I am a little guilty of using “Woot!” as a sound to describe elation! 🙂 Thanks for the Monday morning giggles!
Thanks Christine! My ongoing battle with figuring out Pinterest led me to that one. Someday we’ll make up. Someday.
Haha! Love DisPinterested!
Thanks Kat!
But I love WOOT WOOT! I also love http://www.woot.com! These are important things in my day! I am having a minor panic attack here that there is now a interweb attack on my nerd term. Does this mean I need to bring back “Cool Beans”?
I am so confused what do I say now!?
**breathing in a bag**
Absolutely hilarious that you brought up Cool Beans because it is a topic of a article I am currently working on, LOL!!!
I was a bit disturbed when Staycation made the cut last year. Also LOL is in the full Oxford. LOL is NOT a word, it’s a bleeping acronym and a silly one at that. In comparison Woot doesn’t bug me… BUT, losing Growlery, total uncool!
Seriously, just saying the word Growlery instills a man with a sense of power! Now what do we have?
And we both agree on Staycation, it’s ridiculous.
This is great, when we were flipping through TV channels the other night, hubby saw there was a hockey game on and sighed defeatedly. He said “I just lost my man-card…..as he flipped onto a reality show for me”
Man card. love it
The man card is a tricky one to hold on to after marriage and kids. The first time I did a craft, I knew it was slipping. Then the other night, my wife and I watched American Idol, Jersey Shore and some Kardashian show all in a row and I knew it was over…
Hahahaha, Di-Pinterested, that made me LOL! I like your new words, I’ll have to share this with the hubby.
And I “WOOT” all the time, that word is just contagious, lol. Thanks for the laugh! 🙂
Thanks! It would be nice if it got shared with some testosterone so I could get some backup! LOL!
No! I love the woot. But growlery should have stayed. That is a fine word
Sorry Deb, the movement has begun and there is no stopping it! Muahahahahaha!!!!
bearpunch, that’s just awesome 😉
I’ve been using it since I was 21. Got me out of some messy situations.
The “DisPinterest” is the BEST one!
Thanks Amanda, even I giggled as I typed it…
http://woot.com
Smart A$$!
Okay, I use “woot” too. However, why not put these in the dictionary. Seems kids don’t have to learn how to spell correctly anymore. Might as add made up words as well 🙂
Tru Dat! I Totally git wat u sayn.
Aww, I love WOOT. 🙁
The best word in your list is DisPinterested. Totally should be in the dictionary.
“dispinterested” is only a term for men? What about ladies who do not fall into the 25 to 44 Pinterest user demographic?
Hmmm, excellent point Gerry! DisPinterested can be a term for all who feel that way! Let’s make it happen at #dispinterested on Twitter! Lol
I’m so guilty of this! Give me a woot-woot! Holllaaaa! 😉
It’s so unintentionally said… but I do use the terminology from time to time.
DisPinterested had me in the giggles.
I had no idea that someone else hated that word as much as I do. I hate it so much I refuse to even type it. Bring back Growlery
Yes! I’m with you! We’ve been hanging out in our Meowlery and it’s just not the same….