l33+ (or 'leet' or '733+') is using words and other symbols to create letters.
There's 2 kinds of l33+, l33+ lite and l33+ heavy/advanced.
thI5 I$ wH4+ l33+ lI+E Lo0Ks L1k3 (this is what l33+ lite looks like)
+hi5 i5 \/\/|-|4+ l33+ |-|E4VY lo0|<5 l1|<3 (this is what l33+ heavy looks like)
As you can see, it's not the easiest to understand. ^^;;
To my understanding, it came around in the on-line gaming commuities first, l33+ meaning 'elite'. As in 'elite' gamers. ~_^
Megatokyo, a sweet online webcomic made it really popular because one of the 2 main characters, Largo, used to speak in nothing but l33+. See comic #9 for the most famous example. ^__^
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l337 $p34k
Date: 2003-11-26 05:28 pm (UTC)There's 2 kinds of l33+, l33+ lite and l33+ heavy/advanced.
thI5 I$ wH4+ l33+ lI+E Lo0Ks L1k3 (this is what l33+ lite looks like)
+hi5 i5 \/\/|-|4+ l33+ |-|E4VY lo0|<5 l1|<3 (this is what l33+ heavy looks like)
As you can see, it's not the easiest to understand. ^^;;
To my understanding, it came around in the on-line gaming commuities first, l33+ meaning 'elite'. As in 'elite' gamers. ~_^
Megatokyo, a sweet online webcomic made it really popular because one of the 2 main characters, Largo, used to speak in nothing but l33+. See comic #9 for the most famous example. ^__^