leet or elite speak, an almost dead internet language originally used by real hackers to communicate, now used by people trying to make themselves look cool by typing in a language hardly anyone can read, here is a quick tutorial on how to speak 1337.
1= L
2= Z (not often used)
3= E
4 = A
5= S
6= G
7= T
8 = B(uncommon)
9 = G
0 = O
|< = K
|2 = R
( = C
+ = T
|\| = N
`/ = Y
>< = X
$ = S (rare)
\/\/ = W
|) = D
words often shortened replacing for example er with z0r, hacker becomes hackz0r or |-|4kz0r
|20x0|2 = rockz0r = amasing,good ect....
1= L
2= Z (not often used)
3= E
4 = A
5= S
6= G
7= T
8 = B(uncommon)
9 = G
0 = O
|< = K
|2 = R
( = C
+ = T
|\| = N
`/ = Y
>< = X
$ = S (rare)
\/\/ = W
|) = D
words often shortened replacing for example er with z0r, hacker becomes hackz0r or |-|4kz0r
|20x0|2 = rockz0r = amasing,good ect....
by Shujiro June 22, 2005