A total waste of time.
Hard to read, write and understand.
LyKe oMgZZZZzzzxxzxzzz!!78!!11seven#696@@!!! im guna c britny spears tonite!!!868!*6283!!1111!!eight and a half!!1111!!!!1 im lyKe So0o0o exiTd!1@@!!11shit!22!
Speaking in ways commonly used to converse in text on the internet.
Including but not limited to; the (often unnecessary) abbreviation of words, acronyms special characters (@,~), numbers (l33tsp33k), *actions*, /me command, "ooc" and other RP references, emotes, ASCII, Real or Pseudo Programming Code, and HTML tags
The recent popular use of text messaging on cell phones seems to have made the shortening of words much more common than ever before.
Also: netspeek, netsp33k, n37sp33k, and other variations.
/me runs r0uNd scr33ming ooc "I R 1337~!" ^_^ </st00pid> >_<
Otherwise known as chatspeak, a process of shortening words and replacing letters with different letters and/or symbols to supposedly make the typing process shorter. Lacks proper punctuation and capitalization. Hard to understand and a sign of idiocy when used heavily, but sometimes useful when in a hurry or text messaging.