What's l33t mean??

[FAQ]

I've seen it a few times, it's something like "cool" or something, right?

 

[JoeKing]

leet
as in elite

 

[FAQ]

yeah, I knew the 3's were e's but I didn't know what leet meant.....thanks again

 

[compuwiz1]

It's the idiot trend language of the new millennium.

 

[JoeKing]

blah it's been around the net for who knows how long. Only "true" hackers type in such manner.

 

[Prodigy^]

7h15 15 74lk1n9 l337.....17'5 wh3n y0u 5w17ch l3773r5 f0r num83r5....I 83c0m35 1, E 83c0m35 3, A 83c0m35 4, S 83c0m35 5, B 83c0m35 8, G(g) 83c0m35 9 4nd o 83c0m35 0.....50m3 p30pl3 u53 | 1n5734d 0f i......

(this is talking leet.....it's when you switch letters for numbers....I becomes 1, E becomes 3, A becomes 4, S becomes 5, B becomes 8, G(g) becomes 9 and o becomes 0.....some people use | instead of i.....)

hehehe here's a mirc alias that'll make j00 fukk1n l337 1n n0 71m3:

/hax {
%Weird.font = *1
set %Weird.font $replace(%Weird.font,a,4)
set %Weird.font $replace(%Weird.font,b,8)
set %Weird.font $replace(%Weird.font,e,3)
set %Weird.font $replace(%Weird.font,g,9)
set %Weird.font $replace(%Weird.font,i,1)
set %Weird.font $replace(%Weird.font,o,0)
set %Weird.font $replace(%Weird.font,s,5)
set %Weird.font $replace(%Weird.font,t,7)
say %Weird.font
unset %Weird.font
}

type /hax blah blah, and the outcome will be 8l4h 8l4h.

 

[Prodigy^]

YuP aNd ThE sTuPiD wAnNa-Be HaCkErS tYpE lIkE tHiS.....

 

[kantonburg]

Seems to me that the kids have taken over the hacker language.

 

[Brooks]

1 4/\/\ 7|2(_)|_Y l337 B3C4(_)53 1 C4/\/ 7Yp3 |_1|<3 7|-|15 !!!

I am truly Elite because I can type like this.

I've gotten quite good at it lately.

 

[CyberSax]

Elite used to mean that you knew the numbers of several pirate BBS's, and had accounts on them, or you were in several IRC software piracy groups.

As for now, I don't think the word has any meaning, because anyone can point their browser at www.somepiratesite.com and leech all they want. Now that I look back on those days, I see how &quot;lame&quot; it truly was and how much more &quot;lame&quot; it has now become.

 

[snow patrol]

amen to that.

 

[RSI]

lmao

 

[SufferinSuccotash]

Jus curious why anyone actually types like this... do they think they are cool or something?

 

[Killbat]

Yea, that's the idea.

 

[Redneck]

SufferinSuccotash,
PeOpLe WhO tYpE lIkE tHiS aNd UsE wORd'S lIkE L33t ArE uSuAlLy LaMe AoL wAnNaBeE hAx0R's AnD sCrIpT kIdDiEs. Man that was hard to type.

 

[Brooks]

Redneck

j00 4R3 J(_)57 J34|_0(_)5 !!

 

[kabelogo]

hacking has nothing to do with piracy. hackers do stuff, pirates just rip it off.

 

[Redneck]

Brooks, A translation please. I dont speak l33t speek, I just make fun of it

 

[piku]

Yeah... I remember a the registered game section of one of my friends grandfather's BBS being the &quot;Elite Games&quot; section, along with &quot;Elite Apps&quot; and other stuff.

And I remember making up fake accounts to get porn. Ahh those were the good old days

 

[FrogDog]

Redneck, to translate Brook's post for you, he said; &quot;You are just jealous.&quot;

17 |=33|_5 600|) 70 |83 l337

 

[Brooks]

It feels good to be Elite hehe

 

[Scifione]

There are so many people in this world and on the internet that need to get a life. Elite has nothing to do with how you type, what you do, how much you post, and certainly nothing to do with l33t. :Q Being &quot;Elite&quot; is working harder that other people at what you do or being so good you can slack off and still come out ahead of the pack. Elite also has nothing do with being able to do these faces. http://forums.anandtech.com/help.cfm click were it says &quot;HERE&quot;

Scifione's Signature of the Day:
If you think l33t makes you Elite, you need to get a life. Big time!
From: Me to you.

 

[chipbgt]

I know I am losing sleep over getting to elite status

 

[Scifione]

Back at you Red Dawn, what ever. I feel the same way or what ever. This is a BS tread that must die.

Scifione's Signature of the Day:
If you think l33t makes you Elite, you need to get a life. Big time!
From: Me to you.

 

[Prodigy^]

eat $hit Scifione!

btw, I don't think it's so cool when you use more than one symbol to make up a letter......I like it the way I posted mine better