Definition of leet speak

leet speak

noun - uncountable

• a variant of written language that replaces letters with similar looking numbers or symbols, or similar sounding letter combinations. The original purpose was allegedly to bypass filters and to send "secret" messages.
  
  Examples:

  Leet -> l337
  
  fear me -> ph3ar m3

  Example sentence:

  Could you please stop typing in leet speak?

  It's so annoying when people use leet speak.

  Last edited on May 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 07 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'elite':
1337	Definitions include: "elite".
133t	Definitions include: "elite."
advanced leet	Definitions include: a variation of leetspeak using no letters with the deliberate intention of being difficult to read
elite	Definitions include: very good.
l337	Definitions include: the leet spelling of "elite".
l33t	Definitions include: Elite.
l33t hax0r	Definitions include: a l33t hax0r.
leet	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
leetspeak	Definitions include: a form of chat writing in which letters are replaced with similar-looking numbers and punctuation.
Other terms relating to 'speak':
corporate speak	Definitions include: speech commonly found in corporations, often filled with buzzwords, jargon, and "verbed" nouns.
geek speak	Definitions include: technical language.
leetspeak	Definitions include: a form of chat writing in which letters are replaced with similar-looking numbers and punctuation.
speak Dutch	Definitions include: to vomit.
speak of the devil.	Definitions include: said when a person who was recently being discussed appears.
speak the language	Definitions include: to be able to use the terminology used in a particular line of work, field of business, field of study, etc.
speak the same language	Definitions include: to have the same beliefs.
webspeak	Definitions include: the words and phrases that are (mostly) unique to communication on the world wide web.

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