![]() ![]() Some of these "leet" internet words come from slang talk just like the example " wasup?". » (Historic typo word) You got pwned » Total pwnage » Pwned. The origin of leet speak is as follows: leet comes from: Elite » leet » 1337 Words like "plz" come from: Please » pleas » ples » pls » plz Well I got to go » Got to go » gotta go » got 2 go » gtg » g2g What's up? » Wasup? » Sup? I'm laughing out loud! » I'm loling! » lol I'll be right back » I'll b right back » I'll b rite bac » brb I own you, I win » You are owned. People consider being "l33t" is an internet way of being "cool". Leet was just short for elite at that time. It takes a long time to translate between regular English and 1337 even if you know secrets, unless you're very skilled at it. The original use of 1337 is hardly practiced any more, but it survives because many of peope use it for fun. Eventually, 1337 became famous all over the internet. Some outsiders may have figured out the language and started using it as well. 1337 was first created by some people would wanted to talk in a forum without any outsiders barging in. The point of 1337 is to replace all the letters with symbols, and is quite fun to play with. Okay, so what /is/ 1337 in the first place? 1337 means Elite. ![]() Some lazy morons merge 1337 and chatspeak together, soon creating the popular belief that 1337 and chatspeak are the same thing. The first thing I would like to clear up is that chatspeak and 1337 are NOT the same thing. Okay, 1337 is a good subject to talk about.
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