Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Vocabulary Lesson: L33T

L33t (pronounced "leet") is an Internet language that uses numbers in place of letters, sometimes using a combination of numbers to replace all letters in a word. Leet is derived from the word elite (3£173, €£¡7€) and English-based.

Today, l33t is used as a method of showing that one is familiar with computers and Internet culture. However, it would be best that Old People refrain from communicating through this language. In addition to using numbers and symbols for letters, l33t has created some of its own words and suffixes. They are...

-age
-age is used in the same way it would be in the English language, but with more veracity.

'd and "t" for "-ed"
Ex: pwnd or pwnt

-ness
The essence of [something]. -ness is used in the same way it would be in the English language, but with more fervor, and with words that are not commonly accepted of having -ness as a suffix.

-xor and -zor for "r" or "er"
Ex: roxor (roxxor), suckzor (usually for "sucks" not "sucker")

-zorz
This is used as emphasis. Ex:
r0ckz0rz, lolzorz

And vocabulary:

haxor hacker

n00b, a "newbie" or inexperienced person (an Old Person)

pr0n, porn

pwn (pronounced "pown", not "pween"), "to own" (in the slang sense of owning something) or dominate

teh, the

warez software, usually pirated


Here are some examples of words with their l33t translation:
apple
4pp£3
bag
b49
cat (47
door
Ð00r
elephant 3£3ph4n7
food
ƒ00Ð
garage
94r493
hello h3££0
iambic 14mb1(
jello j3££0
kite |{173
llama ££4m4
moon
m00n
nice n1(3
open 0p3n
pint p1n7
quart qµ4r7
rainbow
r41nb0w
save $4v3
today 70Ð4¥
umbrella
µmbr3££4
vine v1n3
wave
w4v3
xylophone x¥£0ph0n3
yellow
¥3££0w
zebra
23br4

Additional Resources:

Leet, Wikipedia
Leet Translator
xor, Urban Dictionary
zorz, Urban Dictionary


Previously:
Vocabulary Lesson: W00t!

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