I try to make it a habit to go to woot.com every day to see what spiffy things they have available (and have frequently gone 'yes! I do want one of those turnip twaddlers!', much to my chagrine.
Anyway, today they have an interesting tidbit on the origin of the term 'woot'...
Several times a day, I find myself explaining "woot" to grandmas, probation officers, and disinterested bartenders at the local dives. "Double-you oh oh tee, like 'loot' with a W instead of an L." It's actually so rare that someone knows the term that as I repeatedly try to explain it, I just end up feeling foolish and tired…so very tired…
Read the entire entry.
They are funny guys. I love reading the descriptions of stuff even when it's stuff that isn't interesting to me. :D Yay for clever writers.
I didn't see a real explination.
however, as far as I know,
w00t came from FPS's, meaning We Own Other Team.
and got leet speaked into w00t