From Merriam-Webster comes the 2007 Word of the year.
“This year’s winning word first became popular in competitive online gaming forums as part of what is known as l33t (“leet,” or “elite”) speak—an esoteric computer hacker language in which numbers and symbols are put together to look like letters. ”
You will have to follow the link to see what it is.
it should be pr0n
so are we going to need another dictionary for every word that kids misspell by converting letters to numbers or other visually similar keystrokes. 1$ 7h1$ 7h3 r34|{1n9 w0r#P w3’v3 (r3473P?
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Yes…
>so are we going to need another dictionary for every word that kids misspell by >converting letters to numbers or other visually similar keystrokes.
Yes.
See:
NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary
Wan2Tlk?: Ltl Bk of Txt Msgs
Txt Tlk
Not to be confused with
http://www.woot.com, especially when there is a wootoff.
I have my 3 bandoliers of carrots.
OMFG!!!!11!!! Pecksniffian
OMFG!!!!11!!! Pecksniffian got 0wnxorred and PWNd @ teh same tme. Wht a n00b! kikikikikikikikiki But seriously, where are these people coming from who go the merriam-webster.com for fun and then vote for w00t? Did irony win the day or something?
O God, w00t is sooooo 2006
O God, w00t is sooooo 2006