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Brian
02-17-2005, 02:09 PM
While it's important to respect your children's privacy, understanding what your teenager's online slang means and how to decipher it is important as you help guide their online experience. While it has many nicknames, information-age slang is commonly referred to as leetspeek, or leet for short. Leet (a vernacular form of "elite") is a specific type of computer slang where a user replaces regular letters with other keyboard characters to form words phonetically—creating the digital equivalent of pig Latin with a twist of hieroglyphics.

Leet words can be expressed in hundreds of ways using different substitutions and combinations, but once one understands that nearly all characters are formed as phonemes and symbols, leetspeek isn't difficult to translate.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx

I laughed my ass off when I saw this.
J2T
02-17-2005, 02:17 PM
the funny thing is....I could probably use a little lesson in deciphering that crap. lol
handrail
02-17-2005, 02:33 PM
ahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaaaa

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaa........


ahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa

M$ is teh |-|1p.
PsychoSnowMan
02-17-2005, 03:51 PM
That's hillarious. I was surprised to see they actually picked up on the difference between n00b and newbie.
j00 b357 b3 ph34ring my 1337 h4xx0r 5ki115!!
DnD
02-17-2005, 07:58 PM
Meh its probably all true.
Rich
02-17-2005, 08:02 PM
Did anyone check out the link in the article?

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/griefers.mspx

It just gets better and better.... ha ha ha :-D
Brian
02-17-2005, 08:04 PM
What the hell is going on here... What is MS turning in to?
MaNiAk21
02-17-2005, 09:20 PM
Leet words possibly indicating illegal activity:

-"warez" or "w4r3z": Illegally copied software available for download.

-"h4x": Read as "hacks," or what a computer hacker does.

-"sploitz" (short for exploits): Vulnerabilities in computer software used by hackers.

-"pwn": A typo-deliberate version of own, a slang term that means to dominate. This could also be spelled "0\/\/n3d" or "pwn3d," among other variations. Online video game bullies or "griefers" often use this term.

Wait.. did I just read? What? Err.. pwn..? Not only does it not fit into the group at all through common sense, but they don't seem to be giving any reason for it to be.. unless those evil "griefers" are the problem, but.. yes, I often use the word pwn when I'm participating in my illegal activities.
Rich
02-17-2005, 10:25 PM
Now if they would just make it harder for the kids to install all that spyware, we might actually be getting somewhere!
handrail
02-17-2005, 10:46 PM
who the hell says "sploits"?

was this thing written by andy rooney?

griefers???? wtf kind of sesame street lingo is this?
Kurtis
02-17-2005, 10:51 PM
lol yeah some of that stuff is stupid and i've never heard it before. i guess some n00bs like to just sound l33tz0r with evertign tat t43y 7ype :lol:
Rich
02-17-2005, 11:03 PM
If you need Microsoft to tell you how to understand your children, I think you have a lot more to worry about than some griefer screwing with your kids CS:S game

Even more reason to get your kids up and running with the l33t sk1llz to put da pwn2g3 down on 7h0z 07h3r n00bs!

|\/|y k1dz can pwn y0ur k1dz!
EmoMakesMeCry
02-18-2005, 08:16 PM
i'm worried that some parents will try to use 1337 speak in everyday word usage now.

"gee timmy, your science project sure is teh r0x0rz!"
Rich
02-19-2005, 04:47 PM
i'm worried that some parents will try to use 1337 speak in everyday word usage now.

"gee timmy, your science project sure is teh r0x0rz!"


We already do....it is too late!