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1337 speak

Okay, 1337 is a good subject to talk about. The first thing I would like to clear up is that chatspeak and 1337 are NOT the same thing. Some lazy morons merge 1337 and chatspeak together, soon creating the popular belief that 1337 and chatspeak are the same thing.

Okay, so what /is/ 1337 in the first place? 1337 means Elite. The point of 1337 is to replace all the letters with symbols, and is quite fun to play with. 1337 was first created by some people would wanted to talk in a forum without any outsiders barging in. Some outsiders may have figured out the language and started using it as well. Eventually, 1337 became famous all over the internet. The original use of 1337 is hardly practiced any more, but it survives because many of peope use it for fun.

It takes a long time to translate between regular English and 1337 even if you know all 26 1337 secrets, unless you're very skilled at it.

Here are the 26 1337 secrets.
A = 4
B = |3
C = (
D = |)
E = 3
F = |=
G = 6
H = |-|
I = |
J = 9
K = |<
L = 1
M = |v|
N = |/| (It is backwards because the frontslash under the backspace key is famous for not showing up on many websites.)
O = 0 (zero)
P = |*
Q = 0,
R = |2
S = 5
T = 7
U = |_|
V = |/
W = |/|/
X = >< (Is normal in words like |-|4x0|2)
Y = `/
Z = 2

S0m3 p30ple 4r3 700 l4zy 70 wri73 7hin65 in fu11 1337, r3su17ing in a 53n73nc3 1ik3 7hi5.
If you wrote this sentence in 1337 speak, it would look like this:
||= `/0|_| |/|/|2073 7|5 53|/|73|/|(3 ||/| 1337, |7 |/|/0|_|1|) 100|< 1||<3 7|-||5.
by Courage the cowardly dog April 25, 2006
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1337 sp34k

n. one of the first adopted manners of typing on the net; use originated by hackers, then spread to teens and pre-teens in the late nineties when everybody wanted to hack, and became even more widely spread with games like counter-strike
9 year old kid : "1 4m t3h r0xx0rz cuz 1 c4n 1337 sp34k."
by tha rizzle June 25, 2005
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1337 Day

1337 day is the 13th of March, 2007 (13/3/7). Unfortunately, not available to American counterparts due to their switching of the month and the day. 1337 Day will be celebrated by hax0rs alike around the world.
Student1: Yo, what youz doing on leet day?
Teacher: What is leet day?
Student2: Its teh fo shizzle j00 nub!!!!111
Teacher: Oh, you mean 1337 day. Whos teh nub now? i hax your mum.

Man I am so leet.
Maybe so, but I'm a 1337 hax0r, and its my bday in teh 07!
by sickmate August 22, 2006
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1337 Day

1337 Day historically took place on the 13th of March, 2007 (13/3/7), and was originally not available to American counterparts due to their switching of the month and the day.

The next l337 Day to pass will fall on the 3rd of January, 2037 (1/3/37). Note: only available in America

1337 Day will be celebrated by hax0rs alike around the world.
(Distant Future)
H4x0r: Happy 1337 Day
kid: thanx grampa... here's your bed pan, try to keep it in your pants this time!
H4x0r: Well back in my day... (trails off about previous geekdom...)
by RBlair February 7, 2008
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1337 n00b

A Person who thinks that they are good at a game, when really they suxor.
Matt B: Man im so 1337 at cs:s
Bill B: No dude, you suck
by Bill6sic6 June 5, 2005
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1337 5p34k

Language used by geeks to help them identify one another.
Geek: "/-\55|-|0|_3!!"
Normal person: What did he just say?
Normal person#2: He just called you an asshole dude.
by bunee May 3, 2005
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1337 h4x0r

Commonly known as Leet language (1337)

1337 h4x0r Translates to Leet Haxor (hacker with a kick)
In the language 1337 4 replaces A and 0 commonly replaces o.

Tsutomu Strikes Again!
Pirate: OMFG you newb i just owned your Sorry ***
Ninja: Ha.. it is you who is the newb! forgot about the Language Filter didnt you Newblet!?
Pirate: Phuck J00
Ninja: :0 you h4x0r
Pirate: 1337 h4x0r j00 M34N!
Ninja: ... i hate you ...
by Tsutomu October 21, 2006
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