Speedguide Web Slang Dictionary - please add your own

Think · Post by **Think** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 4:38 pm

To prevent misinterpretations during heating arguments, such as "Is Canadian beer better then US beer?" or "Do freedom fries taste better then french fries?" or "Do Canadians go to work in canoes?"

lol - laughing out loud
imo - in my opinion
nm - nevermind
faq - frequently asked questions
cya - see ya
btw - by the way
bb - be back
bbl - be back later
l8r - later
rotfl - rolling on the floor laughing
wtf - what the f***

Post by **Philip** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 4:48 pm

ROFLMAO

OTOH, there is a FAQ and a Glossary on the main site AFAIK so WTH 4... nm, wtg d00d.

L8r

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 4:48 pm

John - Cool

fastchevy · Post by **fastchevy** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 5:36 pm

TTYL - Talk to ya later
TTFN- Ta Ta For Now

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 5:38 pm

Burke showed me that "Heezy" means house.

Banshee · Post by **Banshee** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 5:44 pm

Banshiputer - outdated Sony PC

remember the banshee language?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 6:16 pm

Originally posted by Banshee
Banshiputer - outdated Sony PC

remember the banshee language?

banshese!

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 6:26 pm

= RTFM = read the f***ing manual

ub3r_n00b · Post by **ub3r_n00b** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 6:37 pm

its off the hizzle for shizzle my nizzle -

This is off the house for sure my african american brother! Word Up!

-Preet

XSeaNX · Post by **XSeaNX** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 6:54 pm

Originally posted by ub3r_n00b
its off the hizzle for shizzle my nizzle -

This is off the house for sure my african american brother! Word Up!

-Preet

ummm....hizzle and heezy do not mean house...

in the phrase "its off the hizzle for shizzle my nizzle" for instance.

hizzle means hook.

ub3r_n00b · Post by **ub3r_n00b** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:10 pm

sorry for not being black or being a wigger or attempting to be black or a wigger :P

-Preet

XSeaNX · Post by **XSeaNX** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:32 pm

Originally posted by ub3r_n00b
sorry for not being black or being a wigger or attempting to be black or a wigger :P

-Preet

Im niether black NOR a wigger....I just go to school in a highschool in the year 2003....Im not or am I attempting to be either of those...

mwkirchner · Post by **mwkirchner** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:32 pm

ttt = to the top
brb = be right back
sb = smoke break
rotflmao = rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off
ic = I see

Shagster · Post by **Shagster** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:52 pm

extreme · Post by **extreme** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:53 pm

what does l33t mean?

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:01 pm

Somebody tell me what the heck ltsr means?

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:05 pm

LMA- leave Me Alone
L8tr - later
BMB- Bite my B****

mwkirchner · Post by **mwkirchner** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:13 pm

Originally posted by CableDude
Somebody tell me what the heck ltsr means?

Let The Sinners Repent

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:17 pm

Originally posted by mwkirchner
Let The Sinners Repent

Ok.

extreme · Post by **extreme** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:28 pm

what does l33t me?

Qwijib0 · Post by **Qwijib0** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:30 pm

Originally posted by Banshee
Banshiputer - outdated Sony PC

remember the banshee language?

Not again! It died for a reason!

Qwijib0 · Post by **Qwijib0** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:32 pm

Originally posted by extremeg177
what does l33t me?

|7 /\/\34|\|5 7|-|47 j00 4|23 4|\| 31337 |-|4><0|2

mwkirchner · Post by **mwkirchner** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:32 pm

Originally posted by mwkirchner
Let The Sinners Repent

Originally posted by CableDude
Ok.

I was just kidding ... but maybe I guessed right. Anyone know if that IS what that stands for?

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:33 pm

Originally posted by mwkirchner
Let The Sinners Repent

Laugh til snot runs

mwkirchner · Post by **mwkirchner** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:36 pm

Originally posted by extremeg177
what does l33t mean?

I found this on a site on the Internet ...

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@' 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.

Banshee · Post by **Banshee** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:40 pm

Originally posted by Qwijib0
|7 /\/\34|\|5 7|-|47 j00 4|23 4|\| 31337 |-|4><0|2

It really scares me that I saw/read that like normal English without thinking about it.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:54 pm

Originally posted by extremeg177
what does l33t mean?

l33t means something like cool
dunno how to explain it,this word is used on scene
u got many sites,the fastest transfers,u r good guy to talk with = ur l33t

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 9:31 pm

TIA = Thanks In Advance

torsten · Post by **torsten** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:04 pm

So why can't people make up their minds?
Here's the # of internet references by spelling (according to google):

1337 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp 753,000
l33t &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp 139,000
l337 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp 43,800
133t &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp 14,900

And it won't search these:
|337
|33t

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:12 pm

Originally posted by mwkirchner
Let The Sinners Repent

Laughing Till Snot Runs

really

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:14 pm

Originally posted by Indy

Laugh til snot runs

opps

Once again you beat me to the punch. Your on notice Indy. Consider this your last warning.

incrediblecain · Post by **incrediblecain** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:42 pm

Let's not forget STFU - Shut The F*** Up!

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:46 pm

Originally posted by incrediblecain
Let's not forget STFU - Shut The F*** Up!

It's just not the same without the famous SG pic.

Qwijib0 · Post by **Qwijib0** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 12:24 am

Originally posted by rivas
l33t means something like cool
dunno how to explain it,this word is used on scene
u got many sites,the fastest transfers,u r good guy to talk with = ur l33t

It is an utter bastardization of "Elite" as in "Elite Hacker"

The term has been watered down over the ages

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 1:06 am

no it has nothing to do with hacking.well maybe someone could say ur l33t hacker but im sure that word came from scene.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 1:12 am

l33t history

History

Though the origins of L33T are unclear, most sources locate its beginnings during the early 1980's. L33T was originally used as a way for hackers to discuss techniques and triumphs on bulletin board systems (BBS's, and later on websites, newsgroups, messageboards, etc.) without being detected (by the law or the public) by keyword searches in search engines. The original form of L33T simply replaced some letters--most commonly 'A' and 'E'--with numbers ('A' became '4' and 'E' became '3') so that searches for "hacker" would miss a "h4ck3r" Web page.

As Web-hacking grew in popularity and visibility, more and more people picked up on L33T, viewing it as a sort of code of communication used to signify membership in an elite community of computer users (hence the name, pronounced 'leet'). This dialect became common among people discussing their 'h4x' (hacks) and their skills as "h4x0rz" (hackers).

In the mid-1990's, online gaming provided a new environment for L33T. Many of the players of these new online multiplayer FPS's (first person shooters) and RPG's (role playing games) were also members (or at least followers) of the hacker communities, and boasted of their skills in these games in the same dialect they had used in boasting of their hacker triumphs: L33T. L33T became commonplace, at least in these limited communities.

L33T stayed relatively unknown to the larger Internet community until Megatokyo, a popular online comic, brought the dialect to a much larger audience. And while L33T remains mostly localized in gamer and hacker communities, aspects of it have been absorbed into the developing culture and community of the Internet as a whole (such as the respelling of 'cool' as 'kewl').

http://www.auburn.edu/~campbjo/7050/l33t/origins.htm

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 1:30 am

l33t came from warez scene.
some lame groups (usually irc ones and very very few of them) r hiring hackers for getting space on fast line so they can distro (distribute) software for fileservers,and fileservers r doing distro for public.
and when they r doing distro they r transferring data lets say 2mb/s so they r "l33t".u r getting faster speeds = ur more l33t.
the best thing is when u can transfer lets say 40TB of data during few hours.

i bet brent is right in something but if someone say l33t everyone knows where ru from but definately not from hacker groups.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 1:52 am

Originally posted by Joint Chiefs Of Staff
Laughing Till Snot Runs

really

Post by **Philip** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 7:16 pm

^ bump

SO = significant other
congrescritter = er, nm
nm = never mind

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 7:22 pm

.......... = a pause

bold = more emphasis (louder than normal)

ty = lazy thank you