![]() Commas are generally left out in hard and ultra 1337, and are uncommon in medium 1337. Exclamation marks are used quite a bit (and usually quite a number at once), mostly because l33t is most commonly used in expressions of pleasure. Full stops are left out entirely because, when you are chatting online, where you would normally put a full stop you just hit 'enter' to send the message and keep typing. Punctuation is usually left out with greater consistency as the level of l33t increases. The short 'u' is often changed to '00', as well. However it can also be used like this, '1 4m l33t h4x0r!' (in ultra 1337, '1 4|\/| |_337 |-|4x0r!') rather than, '1 4m 4 133t h4ck3r!'.Īs a general rule, in l33t, rather than use 's' to make something plural, a 'z' is used instead. The -0r clause can be used in place of -ed or -er, for example '1 0wnz0r!' (most commonly seen in ultra 1337 as '1 0\/\/|\|z0r!') rather than '1 0wn3d'. In this entry, 'l33t' is used except when referring to medium, hard or ultra '1337'. There is no agreed-upon way to write l33t, so it's up to you whether or not to go with light l33t, medium 1337, hard |_337 or even ultra |_33¯|¯. However l33t is a very flexible 'language' and you can go from this very basic l33t, to ultra 1337 by being creative a few examples: Grammar or Lack ThereofĪs you've already seen, basic l33t is just replacing vowels with numbers: These days l33t speak is very well known to the hardcore Internet community (especially gamers). However, a very popular web comic called Megatokyo brought l33t speak into mainstream with its infamous speak l33t? comic. It had almost disappeared from gaming entirely. 元3t speak was still relatively unknown to the Internet masses at this point. Hence the name 'l33t speak'.īut eventually, l33t speak began to fall out of use because of the amount of time it takes to type, as well as the overuse of it by some, changing it from amusing to annoying. It was further exaggerated by purposeful bad spelling and eventually wound up as something like this, '1 4m 3l33t!' and simplified to, '1 4m 133t'. Phrases such as 'I am elite' became common place, and somewhere down the line l33t speak crept in, reforming the phrase into '1 4m 3l1t3' in order to demonstrate that the speaker was a hacker and someone to be feared. However, in 1994, id Software began to add Internet connectivity to Doom and Doom II, leading to a revolution in PC gaming and also to the rise of l33t speak.Īs with any type of competition, 'smack' talk became prevalent in online gaming. History The Dawn of the InternetĪs the Internet was coming into its own, during the early 1980s, hackers that didn't want their websites, newsgroups, etc, to be picked up in a simple keyword search began using numbers to replace certain letters (mostly vowels) such as A = 4 or E = 3.Īt this point, l33t speak was only known to a select few and only used when necessary. It is, however, simple to learn and has much room for creativity. To make daton happy.'l33t 1 speak' is a unique language because it cannot truly be spoken out loud nor can it successfully be handwritten it is an Internet-based language reliant on the keyboard. An example: 1337ness would become 1337age. You can use the suffix "age" on the end of other words too. For example: hacker would be hackzor or hackxor (for any word ending in "cker" you can also use the ending "xxor", for example: haxxor). You can use the endings "zor" and "xor" on the end of words that would normally end in "er". It should be noted that most "expert" l33t users use a combination of l33tspeak letters and regular letters. One other part of |_337speak is using abbreviations and incorrect spelling to make words. Q: 0, or (,) (here, you need to use the comma).įor your enjoyment, here's a basic sentence:
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