WTF does "L33T" mean?

[New Earth]

:shrug:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. It's asshole computer geek-talk for "Elite"

[New Earth]

3. oh ok thanks

what are some other ones? i see them all the time and they are annoying b/c i don't understand what they mean.

[kick-ass-bob]

7. w00t!

thats another.

check the link below

[New Earth]

9. i do know that one.

i use it all the time

[kick-ass-bob]

2. link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A787917

[Cooley Hurd]

4. It's netspeak for the word...

..."leet." Everyone knows that,:eyes:;):hi:

[ET Awful]

5. It's kiddie geek speak for elite in abbreviated terms.

Usually seen as 1337 or something of the sort.

[giant_robot]

6. Here's an english-to-l33t translator

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/leet.php

[bobbobbins]

8. 1 4m t3h l33t h4xx0r 1n t3h w0rld. w00t!

[ET Awful]

11. Hehehe, I think w00t! is the only one I ever used on a regular basis

just because I thought it was funny :)

[New Earth]

13. those two i hate

omg so fucking annoying......h4x0r and sux0r or whatever the hell they are.


:spank:

[bobbobbins]

14. you gotta double up on the x, to make it even more l33t

1 0wnz3r j00.

[tridim]

10. Here's a 1337 dictionary..

http://www.ninjalane.com/leet.aspx

[BurtWorm]

15. That is just 54d.

:evilfrown:

[aden_nak]

12. It means elite. Though the definition and usage is broader.

Someone who is l33t (sometimes spelled 1337) excels at their given task. Real "hackers" (most of whom are actually crackers, and not hackers) rarely use this type of speak anymore, as it has been wholy adopted by annoying 13 year olds who play video games, often of the MMORPG style.

The reason this sort of typing came to pass in the first place was because of the pre-itnernet BBS system. A BBS, in simple terms, is like a message and file forum that you would dial directly into, rather than connecting to the internet A lot of cracked software and porn would be distributed on BBSs, often against the Terms of Service that you agree to when using it.

BBSs began using word filters to catch people distributing software. So instead of software, they called it war3z. And instead of porn, it became pr0n. Each time the new slang became commonplace, people would change it up again, adding more letters, defining more terms, and so forth. 3v3n+u411y, 1+ b3c4m3 c0mP13+31y UnFuCk1n@r34d4b1e.

But 1337, in response to the originally querry, is largely interchangable with "very cool". You would structure your sentences the same, and it has largely the same meaning. Any person, place, thing, program, or activity that is very cool could just as easily be l33t.

[ContraBass Black]

16. "3v3n+u411y, 1+ b3c4m3 c0mP13+31y UnFuCk1n@r34d4b1e."

:silly:

Thank you. I needed that.

[New Earth]

17. nooooooooooooooooooooo

please god make it stop :crazy: :scared: