a	4	@	4	4	@	@	4
b	\|3	b	8	8	B	\|3	8
c	C	c	c	k	C	(	<
d	\|)	\|)	D	d	D	\|)	D
e	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
f	\|>\|-\|	f	ph	F	F	\|[	F
g	6	G	g	9	6	6	6
h	\|-\|	\|-\|	H	\|-\|	H	\|{	H
i	1	1	i	1	!	\|	1
j	_\|	j	j	j	J	_\|	J
k	\|<	\|<	k	\|<	K	\|<	[<
l	\|_	1	1	1	1	\|_	\|-
m	\|\/\|	\|\/\|	M	/\/\	M	\|V\|	M
n	\|\\|	\|\\|	n	\|\\|	N	\|\\|	N
o	0	o	o	0	0	0	0
p	\|>	p	P	p	P	\|o	P
q	Q	q	Q	q	Q	O,	Q
r	\|2	r	R	\|2	R	\|)\	R
s	5	5	s	5	5	5	$
t	7	+	+	7	7	7	7
u	\|_\|	u	u	u	U	\|_\|	U
v	\/	v	V	\/	V	\/	V
w	\/\/	\/\/	W	\/\/	W	\|/\\|	W
x	><	><	X	><	X	\/	X
y	`/	Y	y	'/	Y	\/ \|	Y
z	Z	z	Z	z	2	-\_	Z
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

http://www.planetquake.com/turkey/l33t_a.htm
How to speak like a cyber freak - Page 1

This tutorial is part of l33t w33k here at Turkey Manor Design.

Well, is it time to blend in with those freaks online who +41|< l1|<3 +|-|15? If you think so, then being l33t may be easier than you think. In just six simple stages, we'll show you all there is to it in the style of any language textbook.

Exhaustive research was involved in the making of this tutorial, from consulting history books about language to spending a day online with my cyberaquaintance l33td00d (boy does that pain), I've ensured nothing is left out. Well, what are you waiting for? Read on...

1 - Substitute those letters

The first things to learn about being l33t are the basic substitutions. Let's have a look at them. First and foremost, the most common letter used in English is 'E'. The l33t version of this is, of course, 3. 3 is the origin of the whole l33t language, so it is the easiest to remember and to use.

Roughly speaking, T is the next most popular letter, and was written (and still can be written) as '7', until some twit who wanted to be stupid said: '+ is more witty - let's use that' (the forum post, as I recall, ran: "l37's 4ll QU17 7h15 l4m3 7 and use +"). So, while easy to remember, this is a complication, because, as we'll learn increasingly, in l33t several things can mean exactly the same thing (cf. French, Latin, German).

A, O, I, and S are the next most popular letters on a rough basis, and characterised by 4, 0, 1 and 5 respectively. None of these should give you too much trouble as they are all numbers with a basic similarity to the letters they portray. Another good one to learn at this stage is G = 9 (g is not a very much used letter) - which is easy as well

2 - Let's talk Verbs

Some people make the fatal mistake of thinking that l33t is all about substitution and stopping there: this is utterly wrong and a fatal assumption to make. If you want to be recognised on Chat Rooms and Forums as a Cyberfreak, you'll need to do more. Because l33t is not only a language in the face of new letters: there are new words as well. Let's learn some...

The most basic l33t word is 'phat', which is 'pH4+' or 'pH@' (see no. 3) in pure l33t or 'P|-|47' in the advanced Forum Dialect. The meaning of this word is slightly obscure: most believe it to be a word for 'Very Good', but some think it means 'Overweight' others go with 'Rap Music', and some people believe it is just a metasyntatic variable (a word whose meaning changes based on context). Either way, you'll need to learn it, because you'll see it a lot.

Of course, one word some forget which is born solely of l33t is the word 'l33t', or '31337' (concept dialect), '3l33t' (advanced forum dialect) or, 'l33+' (semi-organic NYC dialect). This is an abbreviated transliteration of 'Elite', and simply means 'Good', though it's use as a passive variable is increasing throughout the community.

Forum posters have a tendency to use 'l33t' at least once in each post - you'll want to avoid this, but, since they are all total freaks, you'll have to do it. You see, It's called a qualifier, and assures them that l33t is the language you are using (they couldn't tell otherwise). It can also help establish the dialect, so l33+ or 1337 might help them more understand the rest of your posts.

Note the qualifier used on this BB post. Now everyone knows he's using the advanced forum dialect (you can tell from the +)!

Examples of other words you should know include 'frag' (fr4g, fr49 - v. to kill adv. to be killed), 'gib' (91b, g1b - v. to kill and explode corpse adv. to be killed and corpse exploded), 'own' (0wn - v. 1. to win 2. to be superior to adv. 1. to be beaten 2. inferior to n. 0wn493 an amount of skill being demonstrated) and 'camp' (c4mP - v. to remain in one place, typically near a Quad, Railgun or BFG, or in a high place, you llama).

3 - Get the Grammar out

French had it, English had it, German had it, and now l33t has it - Grammar. In all of these languages, students think they can get away without this vital point - but don't try it, or you'll be spotted for sure. Note that some of these rules are not used all the time - drop in a few to impress your Cyberfreak friends.

'at' verbs (and nouns) - The simplest Grammar rule to remember is that verbs that end in 'at' drop the 'at and acquire an '@'. With this rule, cat becomes 'c@' ('k@' in pure l33t), phat becomes 'ph@', and Rheostat becomes 'Rheost@' ('rH305+@' in pure). However, '@' can also just mean 'a', so be careful!

'ash' nouns - Much like 'at' verbs, 'ash' nouns loose their ending and gain a '#' symbol. There aren't to many nouns that end like this, but watch out and use it when you get a chance, because it'll really impress anyone on the forums who can understand it. Examples: 'backsl#' ('84ck51#') and 'c#' ('k#').

'f' nouns and verbs - Every word beginning with an 'f' and followed by a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) should be substituted for a 'ph'. Thusly, fear becomes phear (pH34r), foot becomes phoot (pH00+) and, of course, fat becomes phat (pH@).

How to speak like a cyber freak - Page 2

OK -You thought page one was easy... but we are only just beginning. On this page we cover conversational skills, Tenses, Complex Characters and Translation. Move on with me, if you will, to Section 4. Check:

4 - Tense about Tenses

For those of you that don't know, a tense is the way a word changes to reflect a time period. For instance 'Ran' is the past tense of 'Run'. Most new languages that pop up (French, Latin) tend to invent their own extra tenses to make life difficult - Past Possessive, Indicative, Future, and so on, but you'll be glad to here that the scene for l33t is fairly light here. Where l33t is concerned with tenses, the simple rule is:

*DON'T USE THEM*

Now, actually, this is harder than it sounds, since a transliteration in l33t of 'he ran to the shop and washed the dog' is 'he runs to the shop and washes the dog', but you'll soon get the hang (you'll never use l33t to talk about shops or dogs anyway).

Quite simply then, it's an easy rule to obey, but if you don't, you'll be spotted instantly, and ejected from the forums as a person of intelligence. Oh no!

Let's Demonstrate by having a chat with l33td00d:

l33td00d: \/\/|-|04, l37s 74l|< 1|\| l33t!

RiO: Okay, what dialect are you using?

l33td00d: ll4m4!

He is using the 'llama' dialect - so don't use '+'! And watch your '|\|'s...

RiO: \/\/3 4r3 |\|0\/\/ c0|\|\/3r51|\|9 1|\| l33t.

l33td00d: '/0u c|-|347 m07h3r f|<3r

For the record - I can't be cheating because we are on IRC and not even playing. Notice, however, my seemless response in a true l33t style.

RiO: U f|<3r ll4m4 c4/\/\p3r!

l33td00d: 1 c4|\| 0\/\/|\| U!

RiO: 1 c4|\| 0\/\/|\| U m0r3!

See? Quite easy really, once you understand something my good aqauintance l33td00d was using there... complex characters.

5 - Complex Characters

So far we've only learnt (and I've only used) basic numerical characters, together with some right-hand suffixes and the '+' sign, but the rest of the alphabet is opened up with the following simple keys: '\' '/' '|' '<' '>' '-' and '_' (and '[' ']' '{' and '}' in some dialects)

For instance, 'K' can't be really replicated with a numerical so we use what we call a two-char (or 2-ch4r) to form '|<'. Other examples include \ / for V, \ / \ / for W and even |-| (or }{ in some dialects) for H (that's a 3-ch4r, by the way).

'Now, why is this complicated?' I hear you cry. Well, of course, on its own it isn't, but when put together, this can become confusing. Take, for example: \ / | < |-| / \ / \0t0r5. Can you understand that? No?

Good.

Because, lest you have failed to work it out, that is what l33t is all about. It's about the superior feeling you get when posting on a forum that you are the only person who knows what you've written. It's about being able to call somebody else a llama simply because you are l33t3r than they are. And most of all, it's about feeling closer to the gaming community that you know you are the worst part of.

The whole point of this forum post is that you can't actually understand it.

It's easy to forget the complications caused in a language like this with similarities in appearance between, say, L and I. Many online cyberfreaks do not actually know the difference between these characters - some people write 1 for both, others write it only for one or the other. Capitolisation may help you round that...

Whilst on that subject, let's mention capitolisation here. 'Normal' letters, when mixed in to a word, should be capitolised or not pretty much indiscriminately, which adds a sense of individuality to the piece of prose and emphasizes more than ever that you are a total f*ck-head cyberfreak. Example: Bowling would become bOwLiNg, and hence, b0\/\/Li|\|9. See?

6 - Get out there and do it!

With your newfound Skill born of reading this one and a half page document, you should be able to easily translate the following passage:

\/\/311, r19|-|7, 0|\|c3 1 4/\/\ 0|\| /\/\y |-|4><0r3d k0p'/ 0f Q34, \/\/h3|\| 1 f1|\|d 4 +07411'/ U|\|l33+ d00d p14'/1|\|9 0|\|l1|\|3. |-|3 w45 50 b4d 1 0\/\/|\|3d |-|1/\/\ b4d\/\/4'/5! 1 +0+411'/ d35+R0'/3d |-|15 ll4/\/\4 455 \/\/1+|-| /\/\'/ R41l9u|\|, |\|0, 1 \/\/45'|\|+ c4/\/\p1|\|9, /\/\'/ f\/\/d |<3'/ l0|<3d & 1 |<0uld|\|'+ /\/\0v3 fr0m +h3 |-|1 c4/\/\p sp0+ & 1 0\/\/|\|3d |-|1/\/\!!

Note: Translation is total, not literal: Well, right, once I was on my hacked copy of Quake 3: Arena, when I found a totally not-very-good individual playing upon an Internet server. He was so bad I beat him convincingly! I defeated his not very good ass with my railgun, though I was not camping: unfortunately my forward key locked and I couldn't move from the strategic camping spot. I still won.

Now you're skilled, find a forum and you too will be able to become a total 'bU+7\/\/1p3' online. Be a total gimp using l33t, and you'll receive 22% more hatred from the rest of the community than normal! Wow! But remember, we have but scratched the surface (or bU++5cr4+c|-|3d the surface) here, and you must remember the other rules of l33t: Spam, pr0n and Forums are the keys to this door. Now use them! Go! Go!

http://www.cscentral.com/features/l33t/

L33t

The Official L337-English Translation Resource
Copyright 2001, Brad Croteau

Rules of L337/English translation:

1) Most L337 words are generally normal words, but with symbols, or combinations of symbols, used to replace letters. (See below, L337 Alphabet)

2) Whenever describing an action of somebody, always put a / and a general indicator of the person performing said act before the action. Then all words in the sentece must be in the present tense. (For example; /Me runs to get coffee, BRB.) This rule is mostly used when telling somebody what you are about to do.

3) Many L337 words are just odd abriviations of English words. (For example; the word L337 is an odd abriviation of the word Elite, chosen as the Name of the language as it was the first L337 word.)

4) Most other rules, such as sentence and paragraph structure are the same as English.

5) Slang also influences the choice of words and how long one sentence is. (e.g. "h3ll0, |\/|y n4m3 i5 3r1ck" is not l33t... "y0, mi3 n4m3 s| eRiCk", is something closer to l33t)

6) There are no upper case or lower case letters in the L337 language.

7) L337 Light and Hardore L337 are used in different situations, depending on respect for the person being spoken to or fluency in either version. If using L337 Light to talk to someone of whome you respect greatly, it's always polite to apologize before hand, as L337 Light is reserved for friends, acquaintences, strangers, and family, people unknown or known well. Hardcore L337 is used when talking to someone of higher authority or respect, or to make oneself look important (This is frowned upon though).

8) While writing with L337 Light and excalamation is needed, it's the same sssymbol as the I, so when reading, if there's an ! at the end of a sentence, it is an exclamation.

9) Proper names are always spelled out in English letters, with capitals at the beginning, but handles and knicknames are always spelled out in L337, following L337 rules.

Other rules may be found while learning to speak, or speaking L337, just remember them and always use them, they may not be obvious to the non-fluent speaker though.

The L337 Alphabet:

English Letter- L337 Substitute (Most people tend to speak with easier to understand letters, L337 Light, these are not as pure as Hardcore, but both are acceptable. L337 Light letters can be found to the right of the Hardcore letters.)

[see listing above]

A Sample Conversation In L337 Light:

Joey- H3Y, BUD!
Bill- H3Y, D0 ! KN0W U?
Joey- N0, ! JUS7 W@N7 D1R3CT!0N5 70 7H3 M@Y0R'5 0FF1C3. C0U1D U H31P M3?
Bill- 5UR3, D0WN 7H@7 57R337 @ND @R0UND 7H@7 C0RN3R, !7'5 R!6H7 7H3R3, U
C@N'7 M!55 !7.
jOEY- 7H@NX M@N!

Take your time and study the above conversation, when you can read it easily, move on to the next conversation.

A Sample Conversation In Hardcore L337:

Clerk- |V| @ \/ | |{ 3 |_| |o |_|, 5 | |)\?
                   |
Joey- \/ 3 5, |_| ( @ |\|, | ' |\/| |_ 0 0 |< | |\| 6 |[ 0 |)\
         |
7 |{ 3 |\/| @ \/ 0 |)\.
                   |
Clerk- | ' |\/| 5 0 |)\ |)\ \/, |{ 3' 5 |\| 0 7 | |\|
                                  |
|)\ | 6 |{ 7 |\| 0 |/\|.

Joey- 0 |<, 7 |{ @ |\| \/.
/\

Take your time and study the above conversation, when you can read it easily, you've surpassed the fluency of this writer.

L337 may be hard to learn as a second language, but as a first, it would probably be very easy, writing L337 is the hardest part. No matter, keep with it and you will be among thousands of people who speak and understand L337 as a second language.

Download the 133t translator for IRC: l33tscript

Update: Ryan Ross made non-IRC L33T-5pe3k GEN3R4TOr. Here is a screenshot:

Get it from here, and check his homepage out at http://ryanross.net/leet/

-Brad Croteau

.................THE L33T DICTIONARY...................
-++For those people who have NO idea++-
-=Created By Sekt=-
< url: http://sekt.bwrebirth.com >
http://sekt.bwrebirth.com/dictionary.html

    This dictionary contains (in no real order) the definitions for several words that are used in various places. It also has variations of each word. This dictionary is far from complete...feel free to submit new words, or corrections to sekt@bwrebirth.com.

Tha W0rdz....

Leet- Elite. Other variations are L33t, l33+, and l337. If you are leet then j00 are better than others.

haxx0r- Hack...if you dont know what this means, get a life (or rather, lose one). Extremely 1337 is HaxX0r (note capital X)

fuxx0red- Fucked. Also fuxxored (only if j00 r a fucken llama). Capital X theorem also applies here (theorem: FuxX0red = 1337).

fuxx0r- Fuck. As in "I will fuxX0r j00 up". Also fuxxor (only for llamas). Capital X Theorem applies.

fuq- fuck

spooge- cum, as in "i just spooged my pants". also sp00ge.

phjear- fear. Pronounced like fear but with the J, or fear but with a j on the end. as in "phjear my haxX0r tekiq". Extreme 1337!575 use phj34r

tekniq- technique, pronounce the same. See above.

pr0n- porn. Pronounced like Prawn or simply Pron. Also spelled pron by llamas

llama- a Lamer. Someone who is not L33t and basically a loser. as in "fucken llama"

t00l- a general insult, kinda like fuck. also spelled tool.
as in "wot a fucken t00l"

az- means the same sort of thing as totally. so "cool az" means it's really cool....sorta. it also means u agree totally. here is an example...
<Sekt> atm they are Playing Treaty
<Sekt> by Yothu Yindi
<Black_HEaven> cool
<Black_HEaven> i remember that song
<Black_HEaven> 90s!!
<Sekt> az

ph33r- a llama version of phj34r. it means fear. also pheer, or phear.

newbie- if u dont know what this means then u r one, trust me. also n3wb13 or |\|3\/\/B13.

Flame- to bag the shit out of someone, to abuse them.

0wn- rule, wicked, awesome, etc. as in "dam i 0wn" or "this channel 0wnz". also "own" (only if u r a llama).

0wned- If you have been 0wned it means you have been fucked up or hurt or generally screwed over. As in "I 0wned j00 in CS" and "j00 have been 0wned by Sekt"

l33+ 5p34k- LE3T 5PE4K I5 wH3N j00 +4Lk l1kE THi5. t0 uNDEr$+@ND j00 mu5+ Be l3e+. 1pH jo0 4RE noT lEeT jo0 C4Nnot SPe@K or rE4d tH1$.

j00- You. also joo (only if u r a llama).

4|)V4|\|C3D l3e+ $peA|< - 4|)V4|\|C3D l3e+ $peA|< i$ whEn J00 +4lK L1K3 t|-|15. t0 u|\|d3r$+@|\|D jOo |\/|u5+ be lEET. 1f J00 4r3 NO+ lEe+ jOO C@|\|N0T 5p3A|< 0r ReAd +|-|I5.

l33+ 4lph4b3+ - here are some conversions for basic letters if j00 want to speak l33+ sp34k ( /-\|)\//-\|\|(3|) l33+ 5p34k h45 b33|\| 1|\|(|_u|)3|) ) :

A         4, @, /-\
B         8, |3
C         (
D         |)
E         3
F         |=, pH
G         9
H         |-|, #
I         1, |, !
J         -
K        |{, |<
L         |_, []_
M         |\/|
N         |\|, /\/
O         0
P         |>
Q         -
R         |2
S         5
T         +, 7
U         |_|, \_/
V         \/
W        \/\/
X         -
Y         -
Z         -

also, to be l33+ u must replace ee with ea and f with ph. sO freak is phreak. but if j00 r l33+ it is pHr34k.

f-disked- fucked. pronounced EF-disked. as in "I will haxX0r ur computer and it will be f-disked, then j00 will phj34r me!"

Skrut(-whore)- A cross between a slut, a whore, a skanky mole, and almost any other insult to a girl. As in "god, wat a fucken skrutwhore. Also just Skrut, or skrutwh0re.
Here is an example script (this actually happened, but not on mirc; in real life):

Sekt- Ahhh, Luke's talking to the Skrutwh0re!

Anton- Yeah, his girlfriend is a bit of a Skrutwh0re too.

Sekt (quietly)- j00 will die for that!

Anton- got followed home by luke, his girlfriend, and others and had abuse yelled at him. He will be bashed at a l8a date.

Moral: Never call one of my friends girlfriends a skrutwh0re or j00 will die.

l8a- later. Also l8r. It is not (despite belief by some newbies) 18a, it is l8a.....yes, that is an L.

Manchild- A 17 year old with the physical characteristics of a 45 year old. (The guy who is really hairy in grade 7 is a manchild). They often look deformed and may hobble around.

sex0r- Sex. as in "gimme sex0r!". Also sexor (only if j00 r a llama) or sexx0r (Capital X theorem applies).

Spoon- Another greeting. Also sp00n, but not very often. This greeting originated from the TV show The Tick, which is in turn based on the comic books.
eg: (hypothetical conversation)
<Sekt> spoon WoK!
<WoK> spoon back

Visit the L33+35+ website eva, l33+ 5p34k!: http://www.geocities.com/mnstr_2000/
IRCnews.com also has a fairly lame 1337 guide: http://www.l33t.com

Contents of this 1337 guide is copyright of Sekt, 2000. No Hamsters were harmed in the making of this guide. However, we are doing out best to find some.

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/talk-mode.html
talk mode n.

A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a real-time on-line conversation. It combines the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails. It is difficult to communicate inflection, though conventions have arisen for some of these (see the section on writing style in the Prependices for details).

Talk mode has a special set of jargon words, used to save typing, which are not used orally. Some of these are identical to (and probably derived from) Morse-code jargon used by ham-radio amateurs since the 1920s.

AFAIAC

as far as I am concerned

AFAIK

as far as I know

BCNU

be seeing you

BTW

by the way

BYE?

are you ready to unlink? (this is the standard way to end a talk-mode conversation; the other person types BYE to confirm, or else continues the conversation)

CUL

see you later

ENQ?

are you busy? (expects ACK or NAK in return)

FOO?

are you there? (often used on unexpected links, meaning also "Sorry if I butted in ..." (linker) or "What's up?" (linkee))

FWIW

for what it's worth

FYI

for your information

FYA

for your amusement

GA

go ahead (used when two people have tried to type simultaneously; this cedes the right to type to the other)

GRMBL

grumble (expresses disquiet or disagreement)

HELLOP

hello? (an instance of the `-P' convention)

IIRC

if I recall correctly

JAM

just a minute (equivalent to SEC....)

MIN

same as JAM

NIL

no (see NIL)

NP

no problem

O

over to you

OO

over and out

/

another form of "over to you" (from x/y as "x over y")

\

lambda (used in discussing LISPy things)

OBTW

oh, by the way

OTOH

on the other hand

R U THERE?

are you there?

SEC

wait a second (sometimes written SEC...)

SYN

Are you busy? (expects ACK, SYN|ACK, or RST in return; this is modeled on the TCP/IP handshake sequence)

T

yes (see the main entry for T)

TNX

thanks

TNX 1.0E6

thanks a million (humorous)

TNXE6

another form of "thanks a million"

WRT

with regard to, or with respect to.

WTF

the universal interrogative particle; WTF knows what it means?

WTH

what the hell?

<double newline>

When the typing party has finished, he/she types two newlines to signal that he/she is done; this leaves a blank line between `speeches' in the conversation, making it easier to reread the preceding text.

YHTBT

You Had To Be There. Used of a situation which loses significant meaning in the telling, usually because it's difficult to convey tone and timing.

<name>:

When three or more terminals are linked, it is conventional for each typist to prepend his/her login name or handle and a colon (or a hyphen) to each line to indicate who is typing (some conferencing facilities do this automatically). The login name is often shortened to a unique prefix (possibly a single letter) during a very long conversation.

/\/\/\

A giggle or chuckle. On a MUD, this usually means `earthquake fault'.

Most of the above sub-jargon is used at both Stanford and MIT. Several of these expressions are also common in email, esp. FYI, FYA, BTW, BCNU, WTF, and CUL. A few other abbreviations have been reported from commercial networks, such as GEnie and CompuServe, where on-line `live' chat including more than two people is common and usually involves a more `social' context, notably the following:

<g>

grin

<gd&r>

grinning, ducking, and running

BBL

be back later

BRB

be right back

HHOJ

ha ha only joking

HHOK

ha ha only kidding

HHOS

ha ha only serious

IMHO

in my humble opinion (see IMHO)

LOL

laughing out loud

NHOH

Never Heard of Him/Her (often used in initgame)

ROTF

rolling on the floor

ROTFL

rolling on the floor laughing

AFK

away from keyboard

b4

before

CU l8tr

see you later

MORF

male or female?

TTFN

ta-ta for now

TTYL

talk to you later

OIC

oh, I see

rehi

hello again

Most of these are not used at universities or in the Unix world, though ROTF and TTFN have gained some currency there and IMHO is common; conversely, most of the people who know these are unfamiliar with FOO?, BCNU, HELLOP, NIL, and T.

The MUD community uses a mixture of Usenet/Internet emoticons, a few of the more natural of the old-style talk-mode abbrevs, and some of the `social' list above; specifically, MUD respondents report use of BBL, BRB, LOL, b4, BTW, WTF, TTFN, and WTH. The use of `rehi' is also common; in fact, mudders are fond of re- compounds and will frequently `rehug' or `rebonk' (see bonk/oif) people. The word `re' by itself is taken as `regreet'. In general, though, MUDders express a preference for typing things out in full rather than using abbreviations; this may be due to the relative youth of the MUD cultures, which tend to include many touch typists and to assume high-speed links. The following uses specific to MUDs are reported:

CU l8er

see you later (mutant of CU l8tr)

FOAD

fuck off and die (use of this is generally OTT)

OTT

over the top (excessive, uncalled for)

ppl

abbrev for "people"

THX

thanks (mutant of TNX; clearly this comes in batches of 1138 (the Lucasian K)).

UOK?

are you OK?

Some B1FFisms (notably the variant spelling d00d) appear to be passing into wider use among some subgroups of MUDders.

One final note on talk mode style: neophytes, when in talk mode, often seem to think they must produce letter-perfect prose because they are typing rather than speaking. This is not the best approach. It can be very frustrating to wait while your partner pauses to think of a word, or repeatedly makes the same spelling error and backs up to fix it. It is usually best just to leave typographical errors behind and plunge forward, unless severe confusion may result; in that case it is often fastest just to type "xxx" and start over from before the mistake.

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/hakspek.html
hakspek /hak'speek/ n.

A shorthand method of spelling found on many British academic bulletin boards and talker systems. Syllables and whole words in a sentence are replaced by single ASCII characters the names of which are phonetically similar or equivalent, while multiple letters are usually dropped. Hence, `for' becomes `4'; `two', `too', and `to' become `2'; `ck' becomes `k'. "Before I see you tomorrow" becomes "b4 i c u 2moro". First appeared in London about 1986, and was probably caused by the slowness of available talker systems, which operated on archaic machines with outdated operating systems and no standard methods of communication.

Hakspek almost diappeared after the great bandwidth explosion of the early 1990s, as fast Internet links wiped out the old-style talker systems. However, it has enjoyed a revival in another medium - the Short Message Service (SMS) associated with GSM cellphones. SMS sends are limited to a maximum of 160 characters, and typing on a cellphone keypad is difficult and slow anyway. There are now even published paper dictionaries for SMS users to help them do hakspek-to-English and vice-versa.

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/elite.html
elite adj.

Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a general positive adjective. This term is not actually native hacker slang; it is used primarily by crackers and warez d00dz, for which reason hackers use it only with heavy irony. The term used to refer to the folks allowed in to the "hidden" or "privileged" sections of BBSes in the early 1980s (which, typically, contained pirated software). Frequently, early boards would only let you post, or even see, a certain subset of the sections (or `boards') on a BBS. Those who got to the frequently legendary `triple super secret' boards were elite. Misspellings of this term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms `l337' `eleet', and `31337' (among others) have been sighted.

A true hacker would be more likely to use `wizardly'. Oppose lamer.

http://www.mtfn.net/faqpage.asp?sec=3
1337:

(LEET); ADJ: Elite (ex. 1337 - |-|4X0R); NOUN: Phonetic language similar to modified English but with numbers replacing letters in ordinary use. In general:

A = 4
B = 8 or no equivalent
C = < or no equivalent
D = c| or no equivalent
E = 3
F = |=
G = 6
H = |-|
I = ][ or 1
J = _] or no equivalent
K = |<
L = 1 or | or [ or |_
M = |\/|
N = |\|
O = 0
P = |> or no equivalent
Q = 0
R = |2 or no equivalent
S = 5 or Z
T = 7 or +
U = |_| or \|
V = \/
W = \/\/
X = >< or no equivalent
Y = j or J or `/
Z = 5 or no equivalent

Often used by PC hackers, gamers & wannabe-hacker/gamer types (ex. “Does anyone here speak 1337??”). Note that there is considerable variation in use of phonetics amongst 1337 |-|4><0rz.
(Thanks to Terrak for the updates.)

http://www.mtfn.net/faqpage.asp?sec=4
A note on l33tspeak, and how much is acceptable (credit to Jester for this summary)

The Correct Uses of L33t
As seen by Jester

L33t is not a language.
L33t is not to be used for whole sentences
L33t shall not be used ALL the time.
L33t is for exclamations, and point making.

When using l33t keep those guidelines in mind and you’ll do fine. While using all l33t may seem cool, its not. (unless you are Largo…even then he doesn’t do it) There is nothing at all wrong with using l33t, do not get that impression. Remember that much like any good thing, moderation must be used. No one really likes attempting to read a whole “l33t” paragraph. Excessive l33t is unsightly and tough to read.
Right way:

This b33r rules!
Ph33r my b33r!
J0 d3d fool!
D13!

Wrong:

3y3 7h1/\/k l33t 15 7h3 8357 7h1/\/6 51/\/c3 5l1c3d 8r34d!
3y3 4/\/\ 50000000 l337 7h47 /\/\3 455 5p4rkl3z.

Please use l33t responsibly, and don’t be a f00l.

http://www.wtfiml33t.com/viewarticle.php?artid=102

Features

The Etymology of l33t

by Stephan

It seems kind of odd to have a site about being l33t, without actually ever saying anywhere what the word means. Therefore, without further ado, I present to you the etymology of l33t.

There was a time when being a hacker (or h4x0r) was the cool thing. Many wannabe hackers, or script kiddies, wanted to be cool too, so they created their own language using numbers and symbols instead of letters L1|<3 T|-|15 (that translates to ‘like this’). Another common sign of a h4x0r was heavy use of ASCII graphics and common reference and involvement with warez (the illegal distribution of software). These people created the term ‘elite’ to make people believe that they were the best, the elite. Of course if you really were a good hacker, you wouldn’t have to call yourself elite, but the whole point was they weren’t. Anyways, just saying ‘elite’ wasn’t good enough for them, so they plopped it into their language of letters and numbers and came up with 31337 (eleet).

Somewhere along the way, as with many other common catch phrases, the spelling changed. This usually results from people either being too lazy to type out the entire thing, or just making typos. Either way, 31337 was shortened to 1337. Not everyone was hardcore enough to type everything out using entirely letters, and they were satisfied with just using numbers where possible. To them this became ‘l33t’. Gradually the word l33t began to be used for more than just people, but for things that were regarded as cool, or elite. As that happened, people began to take the whole h4x0r thing less seriously, and saw how it was only little wannabe kiddies using that type of language. The word l33t then emerged into more of a humorous way of saying ‘cool’. It no longer carries the association with hacking, but is rather a fun way to be in with the internet culture. This is how the word l33t came to be the common internet word that we all know.

So for all of you wondering what ‘wtf i’m l33t’ means, it means: what the fuck, i’m elite. If you don’t understand why that’s funny, then you aren’t that l33t. ;]