leet
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Written using numbers or symbols instead of letters
- adjective
- /liːt/
- Texting
:
escrito en leet
- The forum was filled with posts written in leet, making them hard to read.
Examples
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He wrote the message in leet to confuse his friends.
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Many gamers prefer to communicate in leet when discussing strategies online.
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IVE die hard to live in the very worst leet speak of all.
Surface Forms
leet positive
Etymology
The word leet can also describe a writing style where letters are replaced by numbers or symbols, often called 'leetspeak', and the classic example is 1337 for leet. So calling a message leet means it is written in that number-and-symbol style.