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title="Leet speak – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Leet speak" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leetspeak" title="Leetspeak – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Leetspeak" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F" title="লিট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="লিট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9F" title="लीट – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="लीट" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet_speak" title="Leet speak – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Leet speak" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leetspeak" title="Leetspeak – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Leetspeak" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leetspeak" title="Leetspeak – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Leetspeak" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leetspeak" title="Leetspeak – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Leetspeak" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escritura_leet" title="Escritura leet – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Escritura leet" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet_idazkera" title="Leet idazkera – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Leet idazkera" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="لیت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet_speak" title="Leet speak – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Leet speak" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%ED%8A%B8_(%EC%9D%B8%ED%84%B0%EB%84%B7)" title="리트 (인터넷) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리트 (인터넷)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/L33t" title="L33t – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="L33t" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="ലീറ്റ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ലീറ്റ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="لييت – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="لييت" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet_speak" title="Leet speak – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Leet speak" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjuha_lit" title="Gjuha lit – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Gjuha lit" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leetspeak" title="Leetspeak – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Leetspeak" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%97" title="ลีท – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ลีท" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Leet" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" 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It often uses character replacements in ways that play on the similarity of their <a href="/wiki/Glyph" title="Glyph">glyphs</a> via <a href="/wiki/Reflection_(mathematics)" title="Reflection (mathematics)">reflection</a> or other resemblance. Additionally, it modifies certain words on the basis of a system of <a href="/wiki/Suffixes" class="mw-redirect" title="Suffixes">suffixes</a> and alternative meanings. There are many <a href="/wiki/Dialects" class="mw-redirect" title="Dialects">dialects</a> or <a href="/wiki/Variety_(linguistics)" title="Variety (linguistics)">linguistic varieties</a> in different <a href="/wiki/Online_communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Online communities">online communities</a>. </p><p>The term "leet" is derived from the word <i><a href="/wiki/Elite" title="Elite">elite</a></i>, used as an adjective to describe skill or accomplishment, especially in the fields of <a href="/wiki/Online_game" title="Online game">online gaming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hacker_(hobbyist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hacker (hobbyist)">computer hacking</a>. The leet lexicon includes spellings of the word as <i>1337</i> or <i>leet</i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leet originated within <a href="/wiki/Bulletin_board_system" title="Bulletin board system">bulletin board systems</a> (BBS) in the 1980s,<sup id="cite_ref-mitchell_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mitchell-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where having "elite" status on a BBS allowed a user access to file folders, games, and special chat rooms. The <a href="/wiki/Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow" title="Cult of the Dead Cow">Cult of the Dead Cow</a> hacker collective has been credited with the original coining of the term, in their text-files of that era.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One theory is that it was developed to defeat <a href="/wiki/Wordfilter" title="Wordfilter">text filters</a> created by BBS or <a href="/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Relay Chat">Internet Relay Chat</a> <a href="/wiki/System_operators" class="mw-redirect" title="System operators">system operators</a> for message boards to discourage the discussion of forbidden topics, like <a href="/wiki/Software_cracking" title="Software cracking">cracking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hacker_(computer_security)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hacker (computer security)">hacking</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mitchell_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mitchell-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Creative misspellings and ASCII-art-derived words were also a way to attempt to indicate one was knowledgeable about the culture of computer users. </p><p>Once reserved for <a href="/wiki/Hacker_(computer_security)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hacker (computer security)">hackers</a>, crackers, and <a href="/wiki/Script_kiddie" title="Script kiddie">script kiddies</a>, leet later entered the mainstream.<sup id="cite_ref-mitchell_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mitchell-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some consider <a href="/wiki/Emoticon" title="Emoticon">emoticons</a> and <a href="/wiki/ASCII_art" title="ASCII art">ASCII art</a>, like smiley faces, to be leet, while others maintain that leet consists of only symbolic word obfuscation. More obscure forms of leet, involving the use of symbol combinations and almost no letters or numbers, continue to be used for its original purpose of obfuscated communication. It is also sometimes used as a scripting language. Variants of leet have been used to evade censorship for many years; for instance "@$$" (ass) and "$#!+" (shit) are frequently seen to make a word appear censored to the untrained eye but obvious to a person familiar with leet. This enables coders and programmers especially to circumvent filters and speak about topics that would usually get banned. "Hacker" would end up as "H4x0r", for example.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anzeigen(Displays).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Anzeigen%28Displays%29.jpg/220px-Anzeigen%28Displays%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Anzeigen%28Displays%29.jpg/330px-Anzeigen%28Displays%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Anzeigen%28Displays%29.jpg/440px-Anzeigen%28Displays%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2244" data-file-height="1591" /></a><figcaption>Various <a href="/wiki/Display_device" title="Display device">display devices</a> showing 1337</figcaption></figure> <p>Leet symbols, especially the number 1337, are <a href="/wiki/Internet_meme" title="Internet meme">Internet memes</a> that have spilled over into some culture. Signs that show the numbers "1337" are popular motifs for pictures and are shared widely across the Internet.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Algospeak">Algospeak</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Algospeak"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Algospeak" title="Algospeak">Algospeak</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Algospeak" title="Algospeak">Algospeak</a> shares conceptual similarities with leet, albeit with its primary purpose to circumvent algorithmic <a href="/wiki/Internet_censorship" title="Internet censorship">censorship online</a>, "algospeak" deriving from <i>algo</i> of <i>algorithm</i> and <i>speak</i>. These are <a href="/wiki/Euphemism" title="Euphemism">euphemisms</a> that aim to evade <a href="/wiki/Content_moderation" title="Content moderation">automated online moderation techniques</a>, especially <a href="/wiki/Machine_ethics" title="Machine ethics">those that are considered unfair</a> or hindering <a href="/wiki/Free_speech" class="mw-redirect" title="Free speech">free speech</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One prominent example is using the term "unalive" as opposed to the verb "kill" or even "suicide". Other examples include using "restarted" or "regarded" instead of "retarded" and "seggs" in place of "sex". These phrases are easily understandable to humans, providing either the same general meaning, pronunciation, or shape of the original word. It is furthermore often employed as a more contemporary alternative to leet. The approach has gained more popularity in 2023 and 2024 due to the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel–Hamas war">rise in conflict between Israel and Gaza</a> with the topic's contentious nature on the Internet, especially on <a href="/wiki/Meta_Platforms" title="Meta Platforms">Meta</a> and <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orthography">Orthography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Orthography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the hallmarks of leet is its unique approach to <a href="/wiki/Orthography" title="Orthography">orthography</a>, using substitutions of other letters, or indeed of characters other than letters, to represent letters in a word.<sup id="cite_ref-sterling_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sterling-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-goss_80_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goss_80-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For more casual use of leet, the primary strategy is to use quasi-<a href="/wiki/Homoglyph" title="Homoglyph">homoglyphs</a>, symbols that closely resemble (to varying degrees) the letters for which they stand. </p><p>The choice of symbol is not fixed: anything the reader can make sense of is valid in leet-speak. Sometimes, <a href="/wiki/Gamers" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamers">a gamer</a> would work around a nickname being already taken (and maybe abandoned as well) by replacing a letter with a similar-looking digit. </p> <ul><li>However, leet is also seen in situations where the <a href="/wiki/Argot" class="mw-redirect" title="Argot">argot</a> (e.g. secret language) characteristics of the system are required, either to exclude newbies or outsiders in general, i.e., anything that the <i>average</i> reader <i>cannot</i> make sense of is valid; a valid reader should themselves try to make sense, if deserving of the underlying message.</li> <li>Mild leet can be used to mess with <a href="/wiki/Frequency_analysis" title="Frequency analysis">frequency analysis</a> "as is".</li></ul> <p>Another use for leet orthographic substitutions is the creation of paraphrased passwords.<sup id="cite_ref-mitchell_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mitchell-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Limitations imposed by websites on password length (usually no more than 36) and the characters permitted (e.g. alphanumeric and symbols)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> require less extensive forms when used in this application. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:31337_h4x0r.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/31337_h4x0r.jpg/220px-31337_h4x0r.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/31337_h4x0r.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>The same sticker on one's laptop demonstrates upside-down "31337" as "LEETE"</figcaption></figure> <p>Some examples of leet include: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/BIFF_(Usenet)" title="BIFF (Usenet)">B1ff</a></i>.</li> <li><i>n00b</i> -- a term for "noob", the stereotypical <a href="/wiki/Newbie" title="Newbie">newbie</a>.</li> <li>The <b>l33t</b> programming language.</li> <li><i>"E5C4P3"</i>: stylized cover of <a href="/wiki/Journey_(band)" title="Journey (band)">Journey</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Escape_(Journey_album)" title="Escape (Journey album)">Escape</a> album.</li> <li><i>k3w1</i> deciphers as "kewl" (which is derived from "cool").</li> <li>The web-comics <i><a href="/wiki/Megatokyo" title="Megatokyo">Megatokyo</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Homestuck" title="Homestuck">Homestuck</a></i>, which contain characters who speak variations of leet.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The digit "5" in <a href="/wiki/Deadmau5" title="Deadmau5">Deadmau5</a> nickname.</li> <li>Upside-down "1337" (with a bar under "1") also reads as "LEET" (see example on the photo).</li> <li>"DEF 4L7" plates are used by Defalt (<i><a href="/wiki/Sic!" class="mw-redirect" title="Sic!">sic!</a></i>), a hacker from the <a href="/wiki/Watch_Dogs" title="Watch Dogs">Watch Dogs</a> videogame (the first in the series).</li> <li>"1 (4/\/"7 |_|/\/[)3|2574/\/[) '/0|_||2 \/\/|2171/\/9.17’5 (0/\/|=|_|51/\/9" is heavily leet-styled "I can’t understand your writing. It’s confusing".</li> <li>Sometimes, a word can be typed in leet with digits only: <ul><li>"360" codes word "EGO" in leet.</li> <li>"1687" or "1987" can be used to hint to IGBTs, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Insulated-gate_bipolar_transistor" title="Insulated-gate bipolar transistor">insulated-gate bipolar transistors</a>.</li> <li>"2007 2008" deciphers as "<i>qoot qoob</i>" (which is derived from "cute cube").</li> <li>"2077" (as a hint to <a href="/wiki/Cyberpunk_2077" title="Cyberpunk 2077">Cyberpunk 2077</a>) can be jokingly used towards <a href="/wiki/Zott_(dairy_company)" title="Zott (dairy company)">"ZOTT" dairy brand</a>;</li> <li>"11363015" means <i>LIEGEOIS</i>, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a>.</li> <li>"12314734813" happens to cover "RELATEABLE" word.</li> <li>"137 17 83 137 17 60" hides "let it be, let it go" phrase</li> <li>"4150" may stand for "ALSO"</li> <li>"33571 - 18124" unravels as "<i><a href="/wiki/Eesti" class="mw-redirect" title="Eesti">Eesti</a> - <a href="/wiki/Ibiza" title="Ibiza">Ibiza</a></i>".</li></ul></li> <li>Alternatively, sometimes 3 or 6 letters can be leet-ified into a valid <a href="/wiki/Web_colors" title="Web colors">hexadecimal color code</a>: <ul><li><span style="color:#614D05">█</span> "614D05" is a valid HEX-code for a dark shade of gold color, referencing <a href="/wiki/GLaDOS" title="GLaDOS">GLaDOS</a>;</li> <li><span style="color:#572E55">█</span> "572E55" (or <span style="color:#572355">█</span> "572355") is a dark purple color, coming from the word "STRESS";</li> <li><span style="color:#1C373A">█</span> "1C373A" is a dark cyan ("icy") color, derived from "ICE TEA";</li> <li><span style="color:#C47C47">█</span> "C47C47" is a peach-orange color related to <a href="/wiki/Cat" title="Cat">cats</a>;</li> <li><span style="color:#C01025">█</span> "C01025" is a pink-ish shade of red, derived from the word "COLORS";</li> <li><span style="color:#D35327">█</span> "D35327" is a dark orange color, produced from "DESERT" word.</li> <li><span style="color:#B07713">█</span> "80771E" is a yellowish-orange color, produced from "BOTTLE" word.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Spelling given names in Leet in a way the output would reference to something is also possible. <ul><li>For example, the female name "Marisa" can be spelled as /\/\AR15/\ - with a reference to the <a href="/wiki/AR-15" class="mw-redirect" title="AR-15">AR-15</a> platform.</li> <li>834-613 means <a href="/wiki/Beagle" title="Beagle">BEA-GLE</a> all while also referencing to the <a href="/wiki/Beagle_Boys" title="Beagle Boys">Beagle Boys</a> and their 6-digit IDs in particular.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VA-11_HALL-A" class="mw-redirect" title="VA-11 HALL-A">VA-11 HALL-A</a> reads as modified "<a href="/wiki/Valhalla" title="Valhalla">Valhalla</a>".</li></ul></li></ul> <p>However, leetspeak should not be confused with <a href="/wiki/SMS_language" title="SMS language">SMS-speak</a>, characterized by using "4" as "for", "2" as "to", "b&" as "ban'd" (e.g. "banned"), "gr8 b8, m8, appreci8, no h8" as "great bait, mate, appreciate, no hate", and so on. </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Table_of_leet-speak_substitutes_for_normal_letters">Table of leet-speak substitutes for normal letters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Table of leet-speak substitutes for normal letters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="empty-cells: show; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <th>A </th> <th>B </th> <th>C </th> <th>D </th> <th>E </th> <th>F </th> <th>G </th> <th>H </th> <th>I </th> <th>J </th> <th>K </th> <th>L </th> <th>M </th> <th>N </th> <th>O </th> <th>P </th> <th>Q </th> <th>R </th> <th>S </th> <th>T </th> <th>U </th> <th>V </th> <th>W </th> <th>X </th> <th>Y </th> <th>Z </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td><code> a <br /> 4 <br /> /\ <br /> <a href="/wiki/@" class="mw-redirect" title="@">@</a> <br /> /-\ <br /> ^ <br />(L<br /> <a href="/wiki/%D0%94" class="mw-redirect" title="Д">Д</a></code> </td> <td><code> b <br /> I3 <br /> 8 <br /> 13 <br /> |3 <br /> <a href="/wiki/%C3%9F" title="ß">ß</a> <br /> !3 <br /> (3 <br /> /3 <br />)3 <br /> |-] <br /> j3 </code> </td> <td><code> c <br /> [ <br /> <a href="/wiki/%C2%A2" class="mw-redirect" title="¢">¢</a> <br /> < <br /> (<br /> <a href="/wiki/%C2%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="©">©</a></code> </td> <td><code> d <br /> ) <br /> |) <br /> (| <br /> [) <br /> I> <br /> |> <br /> ? <br /> T) <br /> I7 <br /> cl <br /> |} <br /> |] </code> </td> <td><code> e <br /> 3 <br /> & <br /> <a href="/wiki/%C2%A3" class="mw-redirect" title="£">£</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/%E2%82%AC" class="mw-redirect" title="€">€</a> <br /> [- <br /> |=- </code> </td> <td><code> f <br /> |= <br /> <a href="/wiki/%C6%91" title="Ƒ">ƒ</a> <br /> |# <br /> ph <br /> /= <br /> v </code> </td> <td><code> g <br /> 6 <br /> & <br /> (_+ <br /> 9 <br /> C- <br /> gee <br /> (?, <br /> [, <br /> {, <br /> <- <br />(. </code> </td> <td><code> h <br /> <a href="/wiki/Hash_symbol" class="mw-redirect" title="Hash symbol">#</a> <br /> /-/ <br />\-\ [-] <br /> ]-[ <br />)-(<br /> (-) <br /> :-: <br /> |~| <br /> |-| <br /> ]~[ <br /> }{ <br /> !-! <br /> 1-1 <br /> \-/ <br /> I+I <br /> ? </code> </td> <td><code> i <br /> 1 <br /> | <br /> ][ <br /> ! <br /> eye <br /> 3y3 </code> </td> <td><code> j <br /> ,_| <br /> _| <br /> ._| <br /> ._] <br /> _] <br /> ,_] <br /> ] </code> </td> <td><code> k <br /> >| <br /> |< <br /> 1< <br /> |c <br /> |(</code>7< </td> <td><code> l <br /> 1 <br /> 7 <br /> 2 <br /> £ <br /> |_ <br /> |</code> </td> <td><code> m <br /> /\/\ <br /> /V\ <br /> [V] <br /> |\/| <br /> ^^ <br /> <\/> <br /> {V} <br /> (v) <br /> (V) <br /> |\|\ <br /> ]\/[ <br /> nn </code><code> 11 </code> </td> <td><code> n <br /> ^/ <br /> |\| <br /> /\/ <br /> [\] <br /> <\> <br /> {\} <br /> /V <br /> ^ <br /> ท <br /> <a href="/wiki/%D0%98" class="mw-redirect" title="И">И</a> <br /> </code> </td> <td><code> o <br /> 0 <br /> () <br /> oh <br /> [] <br /> p <br /> <> <br /> Ø </code> </td> <td><code> p <br /> |* <br /> |o <br /> |<a href="/wiki/%C2%BA" class="mw-redirect" title="º">º</a> <br /> ? <br /> |^ <br /> |> <br /> |" <br /> 9 <br /> []D <br /> |<a href="/wiki/%C2%B0" class="mw-redirect" title="°">°</a> |7 </code> </td> <td><code> q <br /> (_,) <br /> ()_ <br /> 2 <br /> 0_ <br /> <| <br /> & <br /> 9 <br /> <a href="/wiki/%C2%B6" class="mw-redirect" title="¶">¶</a> <br /> ⁋ <br /> <a href="/wiki/%E2%84%97" class="mw-redirect" title="℗">℗</a> </code> </td> <td><code> r <br /> I2 <br /> 9 <br /> |` <br /> |~ <br /> |? <br /> /2 <br /> |^ <br /> lz <br /> 7 <br /> 2 <br /> 12 <br /><a href="/wiki/%C2%AE" class="mw-redirect" title="®">®</a> <br /> [z <br /> <a href="/wiki/%D0%AF" class="mw-redirect" title="Я">Я</a> <br /> .- </code> <br /> |2 <br /> |- <p>3 <br /> 4 </p> </td> <td><code> s <br /> 5 <br /> $ <br /> z <br /> <a href="/wiki/%C2%A7" class="mw-redirect" title="§">§</a> <br /> ehs <br /> es <br /> 2 </code> </td> <td><code> t <br /> 7 <br /> + <br /> -|- <br /> '][' <br /> <a href="/wiki/%E2%80%A0" class="mw-redirect" title="†">†</a> <br /> «|» <br /> ~|~ </code> </td> <td><code> u <br /> (_) <br /> |_| <br /> v <br /> L| <br /> บ </code> </td> <td><code> v <br /> \/ <br /> |/ <br /> \| <br /> </code> </td> <td><code> w <br /> \/\/ <br /> vv <br /> \N <br /> '// <br /> \\' <br /> \^/ <br /> \/\/ <br /> (n) <br /> \V/ <br /> \X/ <br /> \|/ <br /> \_|_/ <br /> \_:_/ <br /> uu <br /> 2u <br /> \\//\\// <br /> พ <br /> <a href="/wiki/%E2%82%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="₩">₩</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Omega" title="Omega">ω</a><br /></code> </td> <td><code> x <br /> >< <br /> }{ <br /> ecks <br /> <a href="/wiki/%C3%97" class="mw-redirect" title="×">×</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="?">?</a> <br /> }{ <br />)(<br /> ][ </code> </td> <td><code> y <br /> j <br /> `/ <br /> \|/ <br /> <a href="/wiki/%C2%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="¥">¥</a> <br /> \//</code><code>`|΄ </code> </td> <td><code> z <br /> 2 <br /> 7_ <br /> -/_ <br /> % <br /> >_ <br /> s <br /> ~/_ <br /> -\_ <br /> -|_</code> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Morphology">Morphology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Morphology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Text rendered in leet is often characterized by distinctive, recurring forms. </p> <dl><dt><i>-xor</i> suffix</dt> <dd>The meaning of this suffix is parallel with the English <i>-er</i> and <i>-or</i> suffixes (seen in <i>hacker</i> and <i>lesser</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in that it derives <a href="/wiki/Agent_noun" title="Agent noun">agent nouns</a> from a verb <a href="/wiki/Stem_(linguistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stem (linguistics)">stem</a>. It is realized in two different forms: <i>-xor</i> and <i>-zor</i>, <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span></span>/</a></span></span> and <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span></span>/</a></span></span>, respectively. For example, the first may be seen in the word <i>hax(x)or</i> (<i>H4x0r</i> in leet) <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span></span>/</a></span></span> and the second in <a href="#Owned_and_pwned"><i>pwnzor</i></a> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span></span>/</a></span></span>. Additionally, this <a href="/wiki/Nominalization" title="Nominalization">nominalization</a> may also be <a href="/wiki/Inflection" title="Inflection">inflected</a> with all of the suffixes of regular <a href="/wiki/English_verbs" title="English verbs">English verbs</a>. The letter 'o' is often replaced with the numeral 0.</dd> <dt><i>-age</i> suffix</dt> <dd>Derivation of a noun from a verb stem is possible by attaching <i>-age</i> to the base form of any verb. Attested derivations are <i>pwnage</i>, <i>skillage</i>, and <i>speakage</i>. However, leet provides exceptions; the word <i>leetage</i> is acceptable, referring to actively being <i>leet</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-goss_79_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goss_79-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These nouns are often used with a form of "to be" rather than "to have," e.g., "that was pwnage" rather than "he has pwnage". Either is a more emphatic way of expressing the simpler "he pwns," but the former implies that the person is <i>embodying</i> the trait rather than merely possessing it.</dd> <dt><i>-ness</i> suffix</dt> <dd>Derivation of a noun from an adjective stem is done by attaching <i>-ness</i> to any adjective. This is entirely the same as the English form, except it is used much more often in Leet. Nouns such as <i>lulzness</i> and <i>leetness</i> are derivations using this suffix.</dd> <dt>Words ending in <i>-ed</i></dt> <dd>When forming a past participle ending in <i>-ed</i>, the Leet user may replace the <i>-e</i> with an apostrophe, as was common in <a href="/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry">poetry</a> of previous centuries, (e.g. "pwned" becomes "pwn'd"). Sometimes, the apostrophe is removed as well (e.g. "pwned" becomes "pwnd"). The word ending may also be substituted by <i>-t</i> (e.g. <i>pwned</i> becomes <i>pwnt</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-blanc33_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blanc33-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Use of the <i>-&</i> suffix</dt> <dd>Words ending in <i>-and</i>, <i>-anned</i>, <i>-ant</i>, or a similar sound can sometimes be spelled with an <a href="/wiki/Ampersand" title="Ampersand">ampersand</a> (<i>&</i>) to express the ending sound (e.g. "This is the <a href="/wiki/Sandbox_(software_development)" title="Sandbox (software development)">s&box</a>", "I'm sorry, you've been b&", "&hill/&farm"). It is most commonly used with the word <i>banned</i>. An alternative form of "B&" is "B7", as the ampersand is with the "7" key on the standard US keyboard. It is often seen in the abbreviation "IBB7" (in before banned), which indicates that the poster believes that a previous poster will soon be banned from the site, channel, or board on which they are posting.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grammar">Grammar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Grammar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leet can be pronounced as a single syllable, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ˈliːt/</span>, rhyming with <i>eat,</i> by way of <a href="/wiki/Apheresis_(linguistics)" title="Apheresis (linguistics)">apheresis</a> of the initial vowel of "elite". It may also be pronounced as two syllables, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛˈliːt/</span>. Like <a href="/wiki/Jargon_File" title="Jargon File">hacker slang</a>, leet enjoys a looser grammar than standard English. The loose grammar, just like loose spelling, encodes some level of emphasis, ironic or otherwise. A reader must rely more on intuitive <a href="/wiki/Parsing" title="Parsing">parsing</a> of leet to determine the meaning of a sentence rather than the actual sentence structure. In particular, speakers of leet are fond of <a href="/wiki/Verbing" class="mw-redirect" title="Verbing">verbing</a> nouns, turning verbs into nouns (and back again) as forms of emphasis, e.g. "Austin rocks" is weaker than "Austin roxxorz" (note spelling), which is weaker than "Au5t1N is t3h r0xx0rz" (note grammar), which is weaker than something like "0MFG D00D /\Ü571N 15 T3H l_l83Я 1337 Я0XX0ЯZ" (<a href="/wiki/SMS_language#Common_abbreviations" title="SMS language">OMG</a>, dude, Austin is the <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Cber" title="Über">über</a>-elite rocks-er!). In essence, all of these mean "Austin rocks," not necessarily the other options. Added words and misspellings add to the speaker's enjoyment. Leet, like hacker slang, employs analogy in construction of new words. For example, if <i>haxored</i> is the past tense of the verb "to hack" (hack → haxor → haxored), then <i>winzored</i> would be easily understood to be the past tense conjugation of "to win," even if the reader had not seen that particular word before. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ami_encoding.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Ami_encoding.svg/220px-Ami_encoding.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Ami_encoding.svg/330px-Ami_encoding.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Ami_encoding.svg/440px-Ami_encoding.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1456" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption>"1337" represented in both <a href="/wiki/Binary_number" title="Binary number">binary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bipolar_encoding" title="Bipolar encoding">alternate mark inversion</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Leet has its own colloquialisms, many of which originated as jokes based on common typing errors, habits of new computer users, or knowledge of <a href="/wiki/Cyberculture" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyberculture">cyberculture</a> and history.<sup id="cite_ref-goss_81_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goss_81-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leet is not solely based upon one language or character set. Greek, Russian, and other languages have leet forms, and leet in one language may use characters from another where they are available. As such, while it may be referred to as a "<a href="/wiki/Cipher" title="Cipher">cipher</a>", a "dialect", or a "language", leet does not fit squarely into any of these categories. The term <i>leet</i> itself is often written <i>31337</i>, or <i>1337</i>, and many other variations. After the meaning of these became widely familiar, <i>10100111001</i> came to be used in its place, because it is the <a href="/wiki/Binary_numeral_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Binary numeral system">binary</a> form of <i>1337</i> decimal, making it more of a puzzle to interpret. An increasingly common characteristic of leet is the changing of grammatical usage so as to be deliberately incorrect. The widespread popularity of deliberate misspelling is similar to the cult following of the "<a href="/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us" title="All your base are belong to us">All your base are belong to us</a>" phrase. Indeed, the online and computer communities have been international from their inception, so spellings and phrases typical of non-native speakers are quite common. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vocabulary">Vocabulary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Vocabulary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chaos_Communication_Camp_2007_-_ftp_telnet_tshirt.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Chaos_Communication_Camp_2007_-_ftp_telnet_tshirt.JPG/220px-Chaos_Communication_Camp_2007_-_ftp_telnet_tshirt.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Chaos_Communication_Camp_2007_-_ftp_telnet_tshirt.JPG/330px-Chaos_Communication_Camp_2007_-_ftp_telnet_tshirt.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Chaos_Communication_Camp_2007_-_ftp_telnet_tshirt.JPG/440px-Chaos_Communication_Camp_2007_-_ftp_telnet_tshirt.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/CCCamp" class="mw-redirect" title="CCCamp">CCCamp</a> t-shirt using leet to highlight <a href="/wiki/Password" title="Password">password</a> vulnerability</figcaption></figure> <p>Many words originally derived from leet have now become part of modern <a href="/wiki/Internet_slang" title="Internet slang">Internet slang</a>, such as "<a href="#Owned_and_pwned">pwned</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-mitchell_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mitchell-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original driving forces of new vocabulary in leet were common misspellings and typing errors such as "<a href="/wiki/Teh" title="Teh">teh</a>" (generally considered lolspeak), and intentional misspellings,<sup id="cite_ref-goss_83_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goss_83-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> especially the "z" at the end of words ("skillz").<sup id="cite_ref-mitchell_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mitchell-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another prominent example of a surviving leet expression is <i><a href="/wiki/W00t" title="W00t">w00t</a></i>, an exclamation of joy.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> w00t is sometimes used as a <a href="/wiki/Backronym" title="Backronym">backronym</a> for "We owned the other team." </p><p>New words (or corruptions thereof) may arise from a need to make one's username unique. As any given Internet service reaches more people, the number of names available to a given user is drastically reduced. While many users may wish to have the username "CatLover," for example, in many cases it is only possible for one user to have the moniker. As such, degradations of the name may evolve, such as "C@7L0vr." As the leet cipher is highly dynamic, there is a wider possibility for multiple users to share the "same" name, through combinations of spelling and transliterations. </p><p>Additionally, <i>leet</i>—the word itself—can be found in the <a href="/wiki/User_(computing)" title="User (computing)">screen-names</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gamertags" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamertags">gamertags</a> of many Internet and video games. Use of the term in such a manner announces a high level of skill, though such an announcement may be seen as baseless <a href="/wiki/Hubris" title="Hubris">hubris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hope_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hope-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Explanationism" title="Wikipedia:Explanationism"><span title="This sentence or topic needs more explanation.">more detail needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terminology_and_common_misspellings">Terminology and common misspellings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Terminology and common misspellings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Warez" title="Warez">Warez</a></i> (nominally <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɛər/: 'are' in 'bare'">ɛər</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a plural shortening of "software", typically referring to cracked and redistributed software.<sup id="cite_ref-hope_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hope-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Phreaking" title="Phreaking">Phreaking</a></i> refers to the hacking of telephone systems and other non-Internet equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-mitchell_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mitchell-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Teh" title="Teh">Teh</a></i> originated as a typographical error of "the", and is sometimes spelled <i>t3h</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-mitchell_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mitchell-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-blanc34_35_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blanc34_35-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>j00</i> takes the place of "you",<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> originating from the <a href="/wiki/Affricate" title="Affricate">affricate</a> sound that occurs in place of the <a href="/wiki/Palatal_approximant" class="mw-redirect" title="Palatal approximant">palatal approximant</a>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/j/</span>, when <i>you</i> follows a word ending in an <a href="/wiki/Alveolar_consonant" title="Alveolar consonant">alveolar</a> <a href="/wiki/Plosive" title="Plosive">plosive</a> consonant, such as <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/t/</span> or <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/d/</span>. Also, from German, is <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%BCber" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:über">über</a></i>, which means "over" or "above"; it usually appears as a prefix attached to adjectives, and is frequently written without the <a href="/wiki/Umlaut_(diacritic)" title="Umlaut (diacritic)">umlaut</a> over the <i>u</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-dutch_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dutch-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Haxor_and_suxxor_(suxorz)"><span id="Haxor_and_suxxor_.28suxorz.29"></span>Haxor and suxxor (suxorz)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Haxor and suxxor (suxorz)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Haxor</i>, and derivations thereof, is leet for "hacker",<sup id="cite_ref-blanc30_32_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blanc30_32-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it is one of the most commonplace examples of the use of the <i>-xor</i> suffix. <i>Suxxor</i> (pronounced suck-zor) is a derogatory term which originated in <a href="/wiki/Warez" title="Warez">warez</a> culture and is currently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> used in multi-user environments such as multiplayer video games and <a href="/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a>; it, like <i>haxor</i>, is one of the early leet words to use the <i>-xor</i> suffix. <i>Suxxor</i> is a modified version of "sucks" (the phrase "to suck"), and the meaning is the same as the English slang. <i>Suxxor</i> can be mistaken with <i>Succer/Succker</i> if used in the wrong context. Its negative definition essentially makes it the opposite of <i>roxxor</i>, and both can be used as a verb or a noun. The letters <i>ck</i> are often replaced with the Greek Χ (<a href="/wiki/Chi_(letter)" title="Chi (letter)">chi</a>) in other words as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="n00b">n00b</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: n00b"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Newbie" title="Newbie">Newbie</a></div> <p>Within leet, the term <i>n00b</i> (and derivations thereof) is used extensively. The term is derived from <i><a href="/wiki/Newbie" title="Newbie">newbie</a></i> (as in new and inexperienced, or uninformed),<sup id="cite_ref-goss_83_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goss_83-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dutch_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dutch-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-acronym_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acronym-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is used to differentiate "n00bs" from the "elite" (or even "normal") members of a group. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Owned_and_pwned">Owned and pwned</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Owned and pwned"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Pwn"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Pwn" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Pwn_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Pwn (disambiguation)">Pwn (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Laugh-Out-Loud_Cats_736.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Laugh-Out-Loud_Cats_736.jpg/220px-Laugh-Out-Loud_Cats_736.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Laugh-Out-Loud_Cats_736.jpg/330px-Laugh-Out-Loud_Cats_736.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Laugh-Out-Loud_Cats_736.jpg/440px-Laugh-Out-Loud_Cats_736.jpg 2x" data-file-width="792" data-file-height="505" /></a><figcaption>An example of the term <i>pwned</i> in a<i> <a href="/wiki/Laugh-Out-Loud_Cats" title="Laugh-Out-Loud Cats">Laugh-Out-Loud Cats</a></i> comic strip</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Owned</i> and <i>pwned</i> (generally pronounced "poned"<sup id="cite_ref-mw_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mw-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> [pʰo͡ʊnd]) both refer to the domination of a player in a video game or argument (rather than just a win), or the successful hacking of a website or computer.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mitchell_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mitchell-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dutch_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dutch-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-blanc32_33_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blanc32_33-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a slang term derived from the verb <i><a href="/wiki/Owned_(slang)" title="Owned (slang)">own</a></i>, meaning to appropriate or to conquer to gain ownership. As is a common characteristic of leet, the terms have also been adapted into noun and adjective forms,<sup id="cite_ref-dutch_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dutch-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>ownage</i> and <i>pwnage</i>, which can refer to the situation of <i>pwning</i> or to the superiority of its subject (e.g., "He is a very good player. He is pwnage."). </p><p>The term was created accidentally by the misspelling of "own" due to the keyboard proximity of the "O" and "P" keys. It implies domination or humiliation of a rival,<sup id="cite_ref-Naone_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naone-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> used primarily in the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Video_game_culture" title="Video game culture">video game culture</a> to taunt an opponent who has just been soundly defeated (e.g., "You just got pwned!").<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015 <a href="/wiki/Scrabble" title="Scrabble">Scrabble</a> added pwn to their Official Scrabble Words list.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pr0n">Pr0n</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pr0n"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Pr0n"></span> <i>Pr0n</i> is <a href="/wiki/Slang" title="Slang">slang</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Pornography" title="Pornography">pornography</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-mitchell_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mitchell-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is a deliberately inaccurate spelling/pronunciation for <i>porn</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-acronym_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acronym-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where a zero is often used to replace the letter O. It is sometimes used in legitimate communications (such as email discussion groups, <a href="/wiki/Usenet" title="Usenet">Usenet</a>, chat rooms, and Internet web pages) to circumvent language and <a href="/wiki/Content_filter" class="mw-redirect" title="Content filter">content filters</a>, which may reject messages as offensive or <a href="/wiki/Spam_(electronic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spam (electronic)">spam</a>. The word also helps prevent <a href="/wiki/Search_engines" class="mw-redirect" title="Search engines">search engines</a> from associating commercial sites with pornography, which might result in unwelcome traffic.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <i>Pr0n</i> is also sometimes spelled backwards (n0rp) to further obscure the meaning to potentially uninformed readers. It can also refer to <a href="/wiki/ASCII_art" title="ASCII art">ASCII art</a> depicting pornographic images, or to photos of the internals of consumer and industrial hardware. <i>Prawn</i>, a spoof of the misspelling, has started to come into use, as well; in <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City" title="Grand Theft Auto: Vice City">Grand Theft Auto: Vice City</a></i>, a pornographer films his movies on "Prawn Island". Conversely, in the <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_game" title="Role-playing game">RPG</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Loathing" title="Kingdom of Loathing">Kingdom of Loathing</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Prawn" title="Prawn">prawn</a></i>, referring to a kind of <a href="/wiki/Crustacean" title="Crustacean">crustacean</a>, is spelled <i>pr0n</i>, leading to the creation of food items such as "pr0n chow mein". 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