Okay, explain the Leet speak bullshit to me...

[Qdrop]

i guess i somewhat understand it...and kind of guess at the origins.

teh

^things like that are just homage to frequently mistyped words, right?

pwned

^same thing?

!!!!1

^same thing?

someone explain the finer points of stupid leet speak and internet/IM jargon.
i want to see if i'm on the right track with my personal assessment....

[cosmo105]

you mean L337.

[bigblu89]

I think it may have something to do with most internet geeks having fat saugage like fingers, so when they type, they end up hitting the wrong keys, or hit extra keys by mistake.

[Norcen]

^
^a.k.a Lame

[Qdrop]

Originally Posted by cosmo105

you mean L337.

and that's the other part, right?
using numbers that look like the letters.


is this shit really as transparent as it seems?
just more of the "clubhouse mentality"? (this is OUR club, this is what WE do. YOU don't understand it. it's OUR thing.)

[cosmo105]

there's no "club" to it. it's just dorks being dorks. it's not hard to pick up.

[Qdrop]

what i DO think is funny is the parody of leet speak...

like the

LOLOMGLOL XXIKJOIJ KJIERRTIERT UOWEIRJOW9T08 50 23 TRE98!!!!1111

^that's kinda funny when people do that.

sometimes.


Dandy has good comic timing with such usage...

[ToucanSpam]

0MG UR A N00B

1 AM A 1337 H4xx0rzzzz



teh roxxx0Rzzzzzzz


You know, that nut butter.

[HEIRESS]

GOL is mine

you cant have it

[ToucanSpam]

Originally Posted by HEIRESS

GOL is mine

you cant have it

stolen!!!!!!

[DroppinScience]

I find "woot" or "w00t" to be uber-lame.

Especially when it's used in real life. Yes, I've actually heard people say "woot" in real life. I cried myself to sleep that night.

P.S. - What IS woot, anyways?

[Norcen]

Originally Posted by HEIRESS

GOL is mine

Gorgons on Line?

[ToucanSpam]

Originally Posted by DroppinScience

I find "woot" or "w00t" to be uber-lame.

Especially when it's used in real life. Yes, I've actually heard people say "woot" in real life. I cried myself to sleep that night.

P.S. - What IS woot, anyways?

w00t is like a cry of success. You use it when you dont fuck up something.


Not that I know, I dont use a lot of 1337 speak. My friend does,

[HEIRESS]

GOLlum smeaGOL

giggling out loud yo yo

[Nuzzolese]

Originally Posted by ToucanSpam

that nut butter.

nut butter?

[ToucanSpam]

Originally Posted by Nuzzolese

nut butter?

nono, I am referring to the sweatty buildups on a man's testicles.

[Nuzzolese]

Originally Posted by ToucanSpam

nono, I am referring to the sweatty buildups on a man's testicles.

Oh, okay, not the cream I use on my hands and feet every night.

[ToucanSpam]

Originally Posted by Nuzzolese

Oh, okay, not the cream I use on my hands and feet every night.

Well...


Alright I won't touch that one.

[Nuzzolese]

LOLLERCAKES

[TAL]

I don't use it.

[TurdBerglar]

i type like i talk. yes im very profane in real life

[HEIRESS]

LOLcomotivessssssss

[Norcen]

Originally Posted by HEIRESS

GOLlum smeaGOL

giggling out loud yo yo

I prefer Gorgons on Line.

[b-grrrlie]

Originally Posted by Qdrop

and that's the other part, right?
using numbers that look like the letters.

They use numbers, because usually it's young kids on their school machines and often they surf on sites where curse words are banned so they had to come up with ways to write those. Hence 5417 and #u(I<. oo I don't know how they really type those, but I noticed that you couldn't write "shit" on the Hives' forum.

[emceefukit]

Originally Posted by Qdrop

i guess i somewhat understand it...and kind of guess at the origins.

teh

^things like that are just homage to frequently mistyped words, right?

pwned

^same thing?

!!!!1

^same thing?

someone explain the finer points of stupid leet speak and internet/IM jargon.
i want to see if i'm on the right track with my personal assessment....

Honestly,











Who gives a fucking shit?

[hpdrifter]

I do. I want to know what the fuck meh is.

[Norcen]

I don't think 'meh' is Lame speak. It's like 'eh' when used to describe 'don't care' or 'whatever'.

[emceefukit]

Originally Posted by hpdrifter

I do. I want to know what the fuck meh is.

meh

[Documad]

My friend belongs to a site that is frequented by housewives. She says they have loads of puzzling abbreviations and conventions. It sounds a lot more off-putting than what the cool kids are doing.

[Mot]

n3rd5