Editing Leet (section)

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[[File:Leet_31337_h4x0r.jpg|thumb|An "eleet hacker" (31337 H4XØR) laptop sticker, along with a "Free [[Kevin Mitnick|Kevin]]" sticker]]

'''Leet''' (or "'''1337'''"), also known as '''eleet''' or '''leetspeak''', or simply '''hacker speech''', is a system of modified spellings used primarily on the [[Internet]]. It often uses character replacements  in ways that play on the similarity of their [[glyph]]s via [[reflection (mathematics)|reflection]] or other resemblance. Additionally, it modifies certain words on the basis of a system of [[suffixes]] and alternative meanings. There are many [[dialects]] or [[Variety (linguistics)|linguistic varieties]] in different [[online communities]].

The term "leet" is derived from the word ''[[elite]]'', used as an adjective to describe skill or accomplishment, especially in the fields of [[online game|online gaming]] and [[Hacker (hobbyist)|computer hacking]]. The leet lexicon includes spellings of the word as ''1337'' or ''leet''.