leetspeak
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English
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Etymology
From leet + -speak; the former element is from elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.
Pronunciation
Noun
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leetspeak (uncountable)
- (chiefly Internet slang) A form of chatspeak characterized most strongly by its alphanumeric substitutions.
- 1996 May 7, Thomas Weigle, “Re: Realmz Scenario Summary”, in comp.sys.mac.games.adventure (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-15, message-ID <[email protected]>:
- well, after all i am a student of languages... which lets me peek into sociology now and then. i haven't studied the 'leet guys very much, but it seems to me that as they all understand their form of "communication", the main purpose (ie separating themselves as a group from the mainstream) is successful. especially as it is almost impossible to understand leetspeak at first.
- 1997 June 12, KaFRoKa, “Re: Another new cascade!”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-15, message-ID <[email protected]>:
- Murg is God [It's "/\/\U|>,g 15 g4\/\/D" in l33tsp33k]
- 1998 May 24, Ben Cantrick, “Re: Abuse of alphanumerics. Why do haX0r d00dz do it?”, in alt.2600 (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-15, message-ID <[email protected]>:
- People associate "l33t-speak" with hackers, so when new hackers start to get into the scene they assume they need to write like that, which perpetuates the belief that hackers use l33t-sp34k.