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Making L33t Conections Online: r u a n00b or r u l33t?

R yuo a l33t h4×0r? Can j00 pwn n00bs? “1|=\| 0u |{4N r34|) t|-|15t|-|3N\| 0u i5 t3|-| |_337” (Blashki 81).  If the preceding puzzles the reader, I can understand.  My first encounter with l33t—a shortened form of elite, alternately written 1337, leet, or leet speak—left me feeling much the same way about this online linguistic... »