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leetspeak 

A form of writing whereby some letters in a word are replaced by a numerical likeness or other letters that create an identical or similar sound.

This style of writing was originally in use by hackers who were attempting to bypass word-filtering on mail servers. For instance, they would use the term 'haxorz' to replace 'hackers'. Internet users new to hacking adopted the style in an attempt to emulate those more experienced, and usage became widely spread.

In recent times the method is almost never used to avoid word-filtering software, but rather to satirise script kiddies and 12 year olds, or to abbreviate for faster typing. It's interesting to note that in most cases it takes more time to type in leetspeak (due to the constant swapping between numbers and letters) than it would take to just type the words properly.

When using leetspeak, you should be aware that you are almost definitely coming across as a moron.
Person A: ph34r my 1337 hax0rz ski11z
Person B: What?

Here, Person A appears to be of below average intellect, due to his/her liberal use of leetspeak.
leetspeak by Gnack June 25, 2007

leetspeak 

A way of speaking that hackers used to conceal their sites from seach engines. Now, taken over by n00bs.
Hacker: J00 kn0 h0w 1 PwN3d z3m M1cr0$0-ft? H4x0rn @ 1t5 b357.
N00b: OMG OMG I r t3h r0xx0rz! I r s000 l33t!
leetspeak by Dreben_2097 June 4, 2005

leetspeak 

An internet language in which the user replaces letters with numbers and symbols.
Leetspeak translation
A: 4
E: 3
H: |-|
I: |
L: 1
M: |\/|
N: |\|
O: 0
S: 5
T: 7 or +
V: \/
W: \/\/
leetspeak by Red Skelly July 7, 2008

leetspeak 

To speak/type in a language composed where the letters are replaced with symbols or numbers, often accompanied by random and/or dliberate misspellings.
English: Peter waters the lawn.
Leetspeak: P4t4r \/\/3+3r5 t3h l3\/\/n!!
leetspeak by amrik August 7, 2003

Meetfreak 

Someone who loves meeting new people, quite similar to the term "social butterfly", but way cooler. Let's be real now
Walking into a bar with your friends and leaving with an entirely new set of people, now THAT is a meetfreak!
Meetfreak by Mishsmashed July 1, 2011

leetspeak 

Words used by people on aol and message boards which used to be nerdy now people use it to try and be funny when 83.7 times out of 100 they arent.
Nerd: sn4p w3 ju5t pwnz0red som n00bs in c5
We just owned those beginners in Counter Strike

Non Nerd Trying to Be funny: w4nt 2 go 2 teh m411 t0d4y?
Want to go to the Mall today
Non Nerds friend: lol theres too many nubbys there lol
(hahaha your leet speak is funny but i dont want to go because its packed today hahaha)

Also:
Wow I want to punch that kid at school he used leetspeak too much its getting annoying.
leetspeak by T-Rock1990 July 17, 2006
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