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[saltynay]

eh i know i've seen it before and has somethin to do with techie stuff but for now my minds blank

Its lEET speak (notice similarity 1337) I believe for 13 year old gamers to sound cool....

 

[Luke]

never heard of that before...why the heck would you just not say "leet" if for what ever reason why you would want to say that...

 

[james.wired]

It was way back when it was cool and original to use numbers instead of letters in someones alias. For example, j4m35.w1r3d. Using that with a combo of other characters.. there was generation of leet speak, or 1337 sp34k. Now we poke fun at how dumb it really is haha.

I am a 1337 h4x0r.

Edit: also leet is "short" for elite.

 

[Kharn]

54x0|\|

 

[philbar71]

It was way back when it was cool and original to use numbers instead of letters in someones alias. For example, j4m35.w1r3d. Using that with a combo of other characters.. there was generation of leet speak, or 1337 sp34k. Now we poke fun at how dumb it really is haha.

I am a 1337 h4x0r.

Edit: also leet is "short" for elite.

^ pretty much hit the nail on the head, see here for moar

leet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Luke]

also leet is "short" for elite.

elite is only one more letter.... thats just lame IMO, speaking with mixed in numbers. It is kinda like the people that talk msn style, saying lol, brb, omg,gtg ect

 

[philbar71]

uoıʇɔǝʇoɹd ɹoɟ uʍop uǝʞɐɥs ƃuıǝq sı ʇı sʞuıɥʇ ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ɹnoʎ puɐ sɹǝʇsqoɯ uo ǝɯıʇ ɥɔnɯ ooʇ ƃuıpuǝds uǝǝq ʇsnɾ ǝʌɐɥ noʎ ǝqʎɐɯ ɹo˙˙˙˙˙ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos pıp ʎןqɐqoɹd noʎ uǝɥʇ spɹɐʍʞɔɐq puɐ uʍop ǝpısdn sı ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ɹnoʎ ɟı sdooɥʍ

^ stole that from wikepedia, suprised that they had it up there.

 

[Luke]

^o_0? i don;t have a mirror, or peice of paper,. but by the looks of it, it does not make sense, but you totally lost me with it.

 

[philbar71]

just turn your head upsidedown, read right to left.

 

[Luke]

^i would, but i am in school right now, and i don't want to look like some retard lol.