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Post by Macar »

I have been exposed to a couple of techie words that I don't know the meaning of.

1. L33T (leet, presumably but what exactly does it mea)
2. pwn (see also: pwned, pwning, pwnage, will pwn, to pwn)

I have a rough idea what these mean based on usage. However, is anyone out there keWL and Ub3R enough to give me a full definion, compleat with etymological information? Just curious.
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Post by Stumpytheguar »

Certainly. If order to become fluent in '1337', you must simply bake your head in the over at 450 degrees for roughly 25-30 minutes. I guarantee that if you survive, your will be permanemtly set in the proper mental state for this language.
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Post by Amrod »

OMFG, 1 @|\/| teh l33t h4x0r, 1 pwn y u!!1!!!111!

See its not that hard, also see http://www.urbandictionary.com/. they have a few l33t words
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Observe! My theory is proven by the case in point.
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1337: Hacker "Sp33k" for leet, or elite. Originating from 31337 "eleet", the UDP port used by Dead Cow Cult, a hacker group, to access Windows 95 using Back Orifice, a notorious hacking program.


That's what I was looking for, |\|\/|120|). Thanks for the link. Now I just need to figure out the verb "to pwn"
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Post by Vernon »

In order to become fluent in '1337', you must simply bake your head in the over at 450 degrees for roughly 25-30 minutes
Stumpy is on the right track here. The only change I would make involves a spiked piece of rusty steel rotated over an industrial gas burner for half an hour. Also it would involve shark bait and cages possibly.
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Post by Negrodomous »

pwn, pwnage, pwning, ect. = own, ownage, owning, ect.

leet is a different way to write words...

Neg is fluent in leet, who would have nkew? :P
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Post by Macar »

It means owned? Leet is some stupid shit. I am decidedly unleet, I didnt even know what lol meant until this year. And I'm still learning, I'd like to be able to understand what these people are saying, but I'll still reply in the queen's good English.
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Post by Stalker »

733+ $(_)XX0rz LOL, LMAO, BTW, BRB etc are not leet words. They are Internet abbreviatures to make things shorter. I doubt it will be really fun to write "In my humble opinion" every time instead of IMHO.
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Speaking of which, what does IMHO and AFAIK mean? :?:

Edit: IMO too.
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Post by Macar »

IMO, an IMHO mean in my opinion and in my humble opinion respectively.

I understand the benifits of abbr. However, there is something satisfying about using complete words, setences and using punctuation.
I doubt it will be really fun to write "In my humble opinion" every time instead of IMHO.
if you dont want to write "in my humble opinion", you could just say. "I think"
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Post by Lady Nerevar »

visit this site, its how i learned to speek 1337 www.1337.net

|=u|< u |4/\/\3 455 |34574|2|)!!11!11
P.S. i still suck at it.... :oops:
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Lady Nerevar wrote:visit this site, its how i learned to speek 1337 www.1337.net

|=u|< u |4/\/\3 455 |34574|2|)!!11!11
P.S. i still suck at it.... :oops:
"Fuck you lame ass bastard"

Wow, thats very rude.
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nope, thats not what it says :p
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Lady Nerevar wrote:nope, thats not what it says :p
Yeah forgot the bastard part of it. didn't know what |2 was :P.

it says "Fuck you lame ass bastard".
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what can i say? i had a very bad day....
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Lady Nerevar wrote:what can i say? i had a very bad day....
50|2|2y y |-|4|) 4 |34|) |)4y.
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Post by Macar »

I hope your joking. Who would "try" to learn l337 speak. If you were joking, my appologies. Serriously, is this where the human race is heading? Because, if, maybe I should just kill myself now rather tan face my death at the hands of 7|-|3 1337 @|2|\/||32 0# |)3^=|-|!!11!!11
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Macar wrote:I hope your joking. Who would "try" to learn l337 speak. If you were joking, my appologies. Serriously, is this where the human race is heading? Because, if, maybe I should just kill myself now rather tan face my death at the hands of 7|-|3 1337 @|2|\/||32 0# |)3^=|-|!!11!!11
better kill yourself quick then.

73|-| 1337 4|2|\/||32 0|= |)347|-| 4|23 (0|\/||\/|1|\|9.
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The oven and rotating pieces of metal might help for the suicidal 1337 people. Be warned though, if you fail, you will then speak 1337 fluently, instead of being dead.
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AFAIK means As Far As I Know
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|\/|@y 60]) |-|/-\\/3 |\/\312(3Y 0|\| |_|012 $0|_\1Z, 13$7 |/\|3 @11 b3 pwnd
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Macar wrote:|\/|@y 60]) |-|/-\\/3 |\/\312(3Y 0|\| |_|012 $0|_\1Z, 13$7 |/\|3 @11 b3 pwnd
\/\/0\/\/ \/\/ 3|| 541|) |\/|473!!1!
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Post by Eraser »

The one and only time I ever use 1337 $p34k is to mock it or a mainstream group of onliners like the mass of tasteless ESF members or Counter-Strike/Day of Defeat nuts who use it.

Even if we digress into such nonsense for common language, there will always be some people with a high enough IQ to speak/type normally. online abbreviations like IMHO etc. are fine of course.
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I was 17 when I first got an AIM screenname. The use of numbers instead of letters and brutally stupid abbreviations made me scared. Because typing "LOL" saves SO much more time than "haha". Idiots.
And I would never use IMHO. Nothing I have ever done in my entire life has been humble.
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Another tidbit, for the curious. 1337 has two different dialects. The first is the obvious "|-|4><><0|2Z" style. The second, and the one I am more versed in, is the Counter-Strike/MMORPG style "l337 pwn4g3". The CS/MMO style actually uses letters, and rarely are symbols used. For instance:

OMFG j00 1z 73h 50 un1337 134s7ard j00 suxx0rz!!!!!1!1!

Note a few differences. First off, a requirement to learning this language is to actually know it backwards. Notice how in the word "Bastard", I use 4 to replace A, but then use the letter A for the next usage. Sometimes while typing, it becomes necessary to use a few correct letters to speed up this tedious process. Also, for punctuation, it becomes hard to both press down one button while rapidally pressing another, resulting in a few "1"'s showing up witht he exclamation points.

It is theorized that using two fingers at the same time is multi-tasking for anyone dumb enough to write fluently in this dialect, even though it's far easier to learn CS/MMO 1337 than |-|4><><0|2Z
Pwn: "The term has become so ubiquitous in Internet circles that it is often used outside of gaming contexts; for example, "he just got pwned in that debate" or "the hunters pwned that bear."
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[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn[/url]
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Post by Indoril »

:? Um, right......
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Post by Macar »

wow, that was quite detailed.
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The term has become so ubiquitous in Internet circles that it is often used outside of gaming contexts; for example, "he just got pwned in that debate" or "the hunters pwned that bear.
That's my new signature, effective immediatly.
Pwn: "The term has become so ubiquitous in Internet circles that it is often used outside of gaming contexts; for example, "he just got pwned in that debate" or "the hunters pwned that bear."
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