Why do people say "pr0n" instead of "porn?"

[slackerinabox]

I've always wondered about that.. I mean, I always thought "net-talk" was about saving time / characters - l8r is faster to type than later, etc... pr0n is actually a bit harder to type than porn in my opinion - so why do people always say that? just curious

 

[Platypus]

Because people are stupid.

 

[murphy55d]

to make them look uber 1337

 

[dugweb]

i thought it was because the word porn was blocked similar to most swear words... guess not though

i have no idea why people say pron

 

[Platypus]

Except they missed the entire purpose of 1337.

 

It's just like "teh", a typo turned into a catch phrase.

 

[fatalbert]

probably b/c the word porn was banned on some boards and it couldn't be posted so they used pr0n instead

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: murphy55d
to make them look uber 1337

pr0n 0wnz j00

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: fatalbert
probably b/c the word porn was banned on some boards and it couldn't be posted so they used pr0n instead

that's what i'm thinking.

 

[slackerinabox]

well, if that's the case then i'd understand p0rn.. but pr0n?

Originally posted by: JudistPriest
i thought it was because the word porn was blocked similar to most swear words... guess not though

i have no idea why people say pron

 

[UglyCasanova]

Why do people put a "z" on the end of every word and purposely mispell things like putting a "k" in where a "c" should be?

 

[Ludacris]

So that it won't get blocked in the forums that filter for key bad words.

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: dparker
Why do people put a "z" on the end of every word and purposely mispell things like putting a "k" in where a "c" should be?

b/c they're in the special olypmics.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: SammySon
It's just like "teh", a typo turned into a catch phrase.

How do you make a typo with a number?

 

[Tot]

In regardz to "z" well people like to use wordZ that identifies themselve. so fbi will be able to identify who typed what.

Its kind of like signature.

 

[Chumpman]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: SammySon
It's just like "teh", a typo turned into a catch phrase.

How do you make a typo with a number?

Only a true fvcktard could do something like that ...

 

[slackerinabox]

Yeah, I understand filters and how they work - but, usually, people just use words that resemble the original word or LOOK the same - exchange a letter with a number, etc.. Like sh!t or SHlT (lower case L).. That makes sense to me.. even p0rn (with a zero) makes sense.. But swapping the letters AND using a number??

 

[y2kc]

The word pr0n originated in Sharky's forum a few years back. A poster one day mispelled porn (pron) and VinylDevo and the boys ran with it. It evolved into pr0n within days of the original post and it has spread like wild fire...

 

[Zugzwang152]

i am teh 1337 pr0n d00d

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I don't know about you, but "pr0n" is just as easy to type for me as "porn".

- M4H

 

[PHiuR]

its pr0n because mirc channels bannedthe word porn and p0rn thats why its known as pr0n...
kthxgg.

 

[MithShrike]

Originally posted by: Chumpman

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: SammySon
It's just like "teh", a typo turned into a catch phrase.

How do you make a typo with a number?

Only a true fvcktard could do something like that ...

Erm... look where the "O" key and "0" key are placed on your keyboard. If you're trying to get a message out as quickly as possible in-game then yah, 0 is definitely a possible typo. Fvcktard.

 

[eklass]

my sticky keyboard doesn't allow me to type it right

 

[Shawn]

isn't this a repost?

 

[Shawn]

yeah i was right...... http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1018839&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=