Editing Leet (section)

==Vocabulary==
[[File:Chaos_Communication_Camp_2007_-_ftp_telnet_tshirt.JPG|thumb|A [[CCCamp]] t-shirt using leet to highlight [[password]] vulnerability]]
Many words originally derived from leet have now become part of modern [[Internet slang]], such as "[[#Owned and pwned|pwned]]".<ref name=mitchell/> The original driving forces of new vocabulary in leet were common misspellings and typing errors such as "[[teh]]" (generally considered lolspeak), and intentional misspellings,<ref name="goss 83">Blashki & Nichol, 83.</ref> especially the "z" at the end of words ("skillz").<ref name=mitchell/> Another prominent example of a surviving leet expression is ''[[w00t]]'', an exclamation of joy.<ref name=bbc/> w00t is sometimes used as a [[backronym]] for "We owned the other team."

New words (or corruptions thereof) may arise from a need to make one's username unique. As any given Internet service reaches more people, the number of names available to a given user is drastically reduced. While many users may wish to have the username "CatLover," for example, in many cases it is only possible for one user to have the moniker. As such, degradations of the name may evolve, such as "C@7L0vr." As the leet cipher is highly dynamic, there is a wider possibility for multiple users to share the "same" name, through combinations of spelling and transliterations.

Additionally, ''leet''—the word itself—can be found in the [[User (computing)|screen-names]] and [[gamertags]] of many Internet and video games. Use of the term in such a manner announces a high level of skill, though such an announcement may be seen as baseless [[hubris]].<ref name=hope>Computer Hope Dictionary.</ref>{{More detail needed}}<!-- This seems short. --> 
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===Terminology and common misspellings===
''[[Warez]]'' (nominally {{IPAc-en|w|ɛər|z}}) is a plural shortening of "software", typically referring to cracked and redistributed software.<ref name=hope/> ''[[Phreaking]]'' refers to the hacking of telephone systems and other non-Internet equipment.<ref name=mitchell/> ''[[Teh]]'' originated as a typographical error of "the", and is sometimes spelled ''t3h''.<ref name=mitchell/><ref name="blanc34 35">LeBlanc, 34-35.</ref> ''j00'' takes the place of "you",<ref name=bbc/> originating from the [[affricate]] sound that occurs in place of the [[palatal approximant]], {{IPA|/j/}}, when ''you'' follows a word ending in an [[alveolar consonant|alveolar]] [[plosive]] consonant, such as {{IPA|/t/}} or {{IPA|/d/}}. Also, from German, is ''[[wiktionary:über|über]]'', which means "over" or "above"; it usually appears as a prefix attached to adjectives, and is frequently written without the [[Umlaut (diacritic)|umlaut]] over the ''u''.<ref name=dutch>Van de Velde & Meuleman.</ref>

====Haxor and suxxor (suxorz)====
''Haxor'', and derivations thereof, is leet for "hacker",<ref name="blanc30 32">LeBlanc, 30; 32.</ref> and it is one of the most commonplace examples of the use of the ''-xor'' suffix. ''Suxxor'' (pronounced suck-zor) is a derogatory term which originated in [[warez]] culture and is currently{{when|date=February 2023}} used in multi-user environments such as multiplayer video games and [[instant messaging]]; it, like ''haxor'', is one of the early leet words to use the ''-xor'' suffix. ''Suxxor'' is a modified version of "sucks" (the phrase "to suck"), and the meaning is the same as the English slang. ''Suxxor'' can be mistaken with ''Succer/Succker'' if used in the wrong context. Its negative definition essentially makes it the opposite of ''roxxor'', and both can be used as a verb or a noun. The letters ''ck'' are often replaced with the Greek Χ ([[Chi (letter)|chi]]) in other words as well.

====n00b====
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Within leet, the term ''n00b'' (and derivations thereof) is used extensively. The term is derived from ''[[newbie]]'' (as in new and inexperienced, or uninformed),<ref name="goss 83"/><ref name=dutch/><ref name=acronym/> and is used to differentiate "n00bs" from the "elite" (or even "normal") members of a group.

====Owned and pwned====
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[[File:Laugh-Out-Loud Cats 736.jpg|thumb|An example of the term ''pwned'' in a'' [[Laugh-Out-Loud Cats]]'' comic strip]]
''Owned'' and ''pwned'' (generally pronounced "poned"<ref name="mw">[https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/pwn-what-it-means-and-how-you-say-it Merriam-Webster: What Does 'Pwn' Mean? And how do you say it?]</ref> [pʰo͡ʊnd]) both refer to the domination of a player in a video game or argument (rather than just a win), or the successful hacking of a website or computer.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/pub-inf_4395.pdf |title=Pwned – 10 Tales of Appropriation in Video Games|author= Pichlmair, Martin}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Computer Slang |url=http://books.ifmo.ru/book/vip/196.pdf |date=December 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209115317/http://books.ifmo.ru/book/vip/196.pdf |archive-date=December 9, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ludlow|first1=Peter|last2=Wallace|first2=Mark|date=2007|title=The Second Life Herald|publisher=MIT Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/secondlifeherald00ludl/page/53 53]|isbn=978-0-262-12294-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/secondlifeherald00ludl/page/53}}</ref><ref name=mitchell/><ref name=dutch/><ref name="blanc32 33">LeBlanc, 32-33.</ref>  It is a slang term derived from the verb ''[[Owned (slang)|own]]'', meaning to appropriate or to conquer to gain ownership. As is a common characteristic of leet, the terms have also been adapted into noun and adjective forms,<ref name=dutch/> ''ownage'' and ''pwnage'', which can refer to the situation of ''pwning'' or to the superiority of its subject (e.g., "He is a very good player. He is pwnage.").

The term was created accidentally by the misspelling of "own" due to the keyboard proximity of the "O" and "P" keys. It implies domination or humiliation of a rival,<ref name=Naone>{{cite news | author=Naone, Erica |date=November 2008| title=The Flaw at the Heart of the Internet| work=[[Technology Review]]| volume=111| number=6| pages= 62–67}}</ref> used primarily in the [[Internet]]-based [[video game culture]] to taunt an opponent who has just been soundly defeated (e.g., "You just got pwned!").<ref>{{cite book | author=Peckham, Aaron |date=2007| title=Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined| publisher= Andrews McMeel Publishing|page=230| isbn=978-0-7407-6875-0}}</ref>  In 2015 [[Scrabble]] added pwn to their Official Scrabble Words list.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Go Forth And Pwn For Shizzle, Word List Guardians Tell Scrabble Players| url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/21/408508565/go-forth-and-pwn-for-shizzle-say-scrabble-word-list-s-guardians| access-date=2020-07-05| newspaper=NPR| date=21 May 2015| language=en| last1=Chappell| first1=Bill}}</ref>

====Pr0n====
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''Pr0n'' is [[slang]] for ''[[pornography]]''.<ref name=mitchell/> This is a deliberately inaccurate spelling/pronunciation for ''porn'',<ref name=acronym>The Acronym Finder.</ref> where a zero is often used to replace the letter O. It is sometimes used in legitimate communications (such as email discussion groups, [[Usenet]], chat rooms, and Internet web pages) to circumvent language and [[content filter]]s, which may reject messages as offensive or [[spam (electronic)|spam]]. The word also helps prevent [[search engines]] from associating commercial sites with pornography, which might result in unwelcome traffic.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} ''Pr0n'' is also sometimes spelled backwards (n0rp) to further obscure the meaning to potentially uninformed readers. It can also refer to [[ASCII art]] depicting pornographic images, or to photos of the internals of consumer and industrial hardware. ''Prawn'', a spoof of the misspelling, has started to come into use, as well; in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'', a pornographer films his movies on "Prawn Island". Conversely, in the [[Role-playing game|RPG]] ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', ''[[prawn]]'', referring to a kind of [[crustacean]], is spelled ''pr0n'', leading to the creation of food items such as "pr0n chow mein".  
Also see [[porm (disambiguation)|porm]].