w00t! :D

I love this word for some reason

I always thought it meant Want One Of Those  :D

lol :P

I thought it was used on here as a sound a husky or mal might make, never realsied it was used in wider circles

Nah ..that is WOoooooo :)

Must be very out of touch as have never heard of it. 

I googled it a while ago (for fear of using it incorrectly and looking like a total numpty :D), apparently it's a shortened version of "woohoo!  Loot!" as used by RPG gamers online when their character finds (strangely enough) some loot in the game.  It seems to have spilled over into online life elsewhere as an expression of joy or triumph, pretty much 'woo!'  with a 't' on the end.  :)

I'm online far too much but I've only started noticing it a lot in the past 6 months, if that so I think it's just starting to catch on.

really? i thought it was in a celebratory noise way like in shrek 2, the fairy god mother says "can i get a woot woot??"