Vladimir_Nesov comments on Woo! - Less Wrong

7 Post author: BenAlbahari 21 February 2010 08:19AM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 21 February 2010 08:50:31PM *  4 points [-]

Actually, "woo" was "taken" before the year 1050:

This fact is irrelevant. Only what people read in it these days matters. (History might affect present perception, but this is an indirect effect that is only visible through the effect on present perception.)

Comment author: Morendil 21 February 2010 09:49:15PM 4 points [-]

That is still present usage. I'd bet real money on finding more news headlines with "woo" in the sense of courting than in the other, more recent acceptation.

I do think the term will not serve Ben, but more due to context.