A user on a website who lacks the proper literacy skills needed to communicate properly. They spell words with "shorthand" spelling, known as chatspeak. Words are spelled with singly letters, number replace letters in some words.

These people claim that they type that way because it's quicker & easier, which shows tell-tale signs of lazyness. They accuse people who type properly of being elitists.
Man, I'm glad that illiterate is gone. Couldn't he read that this is a Literates room?
by Morava March 7, 2007
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A word that describes 75% of internet users I come across.
Illiterate person: hi my nam is john! and i bite that geme you wer takking abote on that thred! we shud be frends. bcaus we both bite htat geme nd it was fun :DDDDD

Literate person: I won't be your friend because I didn't even understand half of what you just typed.
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The repetition of spelling mistakes in the consonant sounds of words.
"Sychologists pstudy sychology" is an example of illiteration
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Why r ur texts so illiterate, I cnt understand dem
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the use of illiteracy and general lack of knowledge of the english language to embarass oneself.
"I don't have a car. Your going to half to take me their."
"That was a horrifying display of illiteration. I hope you cry yourself to sleep tonight."
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An adjective denoting the misuse of a word or phrase in a sentence.
That was so illiterate when he spelled Dominican with three i's.
by mechicken69 November 11, 2009
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