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Key points for learning leetspeak (none / 0) (#4)
by Bold Marauder on Thu Feb 24, 2005 at 01:15:35 PM GMT

  • Numbers are often used as letters. The term "leet" could be written as "1337," with "1" replacing the letter L, "3" posing as a backwards letter E, and "7" resembling the letter T. Others include "8" replacing the letter B, "9" used as a G, "0" (zero) in lieu of O, and so on.

  • Non-alphabet characters can be used to replace the letters they resemble. For example, "5" or even "$" can replace the letter S. Applying this style, the word "leetspeek" can be written as "133t5p33k" or even "!337$p34k," with "4" replacing the letter A.

  • Letters can be substituted for other letters that may sound alike. Using "Z" for a final letter S, and "X" for words ending in the letters C or K is common. For example, leetspeekers might refer to their computer "5x1llz" (skills).

  • Rules of grammar are rarely obeyed. Some leetspeekers will capitalize every letter except for vowels (LiKe THiS) and otherwise reject conventional English style and grammar, or drop vowels from words (such as converting very to "vry").

  • Mistakes are often left uncorrected. Common typing misspellings (typos) such as "teh" instead of the are left uncorrected and may be adopted to replace the correct spelling altogether.

  • Non-alphanumeric characters may be combined to form letters. For example, using slashes to create "/" can substitute for the letter M, and two pipes combined with a hyphen to form "|-|" is often used in place of the letter H. Thus, the word ham could be written as "|-|4/."

  • The suffix "0rz" is often appended to words for emphasis or to make them plural. For example, "h4xx0rz," "sk1llz0rz," and "pwnz0rz," are plural or emphasized versions (or both) of hacks, skills, and owns.

    To learn more, please read this handy guide!

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    • "w00t" or the smiley character \o/: (none / 0) (#5)
    by Beef on Thu Feb 24, 2005 at 06:44:10 PM GMT

    An acronym that means "We Own the Other Team," ...

    I call bullshit.

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    Thank you (none / 0) (#9)
    by News For Turds on Mon Feb 28, 2005 at 07:00:16 AM GMT

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who hadn't heard that before.

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    For what it's worth, wikipedia backs that up (none / 0) (#10)
    by Bold Marauder on Sun Mar 13, 2005 at 05:28:58 PM GMT

    though I never heard it before either.

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