10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEETSPEAK»
Discover the use of
leetspeak in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
leetspeak and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Control + Alt + Delete: A Dictionary of Cyberslang
LEETSPEAK. (NOUN). Text intentionally distorted and/or abbreviated to be
readable only to an online elite. The word leet (or l33t) itself is an example of
leetspeak, a version of the English word elite, shortened to one syllable and
rendered ...
2
Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
197 Leetspeak See Also: Encapsulation;TCP/IP. Further Reading: Tanenbaum, A
. Computer Networks, 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. Leach
(general term):A derogatory term in the warez underground community that ...
Bernadette Schell, Clemens Martin, 2006
3
The Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual
Because of its heavy use ofjargon and variable nature, avoid using leetspeak
except in quoted material. For a general audience, parenthetical descriptions are
recommended. Some common leetspeak terms/phrases and their definitions: ...
Kyle Orland, David Thomas, Scott Matthew Steinberg, 2007
4
Flappers 2 Rappers: American Youth Slang
Not so with leet or leetspeak. Beginning in the 1980s, serious pioneers of
electronic social communication were given “elite” status to bulletin board
systems that give them special access and privileges. As an elite, they developed
their own ...
5
Cyber Bullying: Protecting Kids and Adults from Online Bullies
For their part, youth more often refer to netspeak as “leetspeak” or simply “leet” (
written online as l33t). According to author, security researcher, and research
assistant for this book Neel Sampat: “[Leetspeak} . . . is a text-based
communication ...
Samuel C. McQuade, James P. Colt, Nancy B. B. Meyer, 2009
Leet Speak—Also known as hakspeak, leetspeak is a type of communications
where a user replaces letters for numbers or other characters. For example, "leet"
in leetspeak would become "1337”. Below is our basic conversion tool to convert
...
7
Roadside Crosses: A Kathryn Dance Novel
“That's leetspeak for 'freak.'” “Leetspeak?” “It's a sort of language that's been
created by teens over the past few years. You only see it with keyboarded text.
Numbers and symbols take the place of letters. And spellings are altered.
Leetspeak ...
8
Identity, Community, and Learning Lives in the Digital Age
The conversations were filled with leetspeak terminology, gaming jargon and
youth language register, including code switching into English and hybrid
Swedish-English constructions (cf. Piirainen-Marsh 8: Tainio, 2009). All this, of
course, ...
Ola Erstad, Julian Sefton-Green, 2012
9
Kathryn Dance eBook Boxed Set: Roadside Crosses, Sleeping ...
“Do I dare ask? 'FOAD.'” “Oh,” he said, “a polite valediction to your note. It means '
Fuck off and die.' All caps, of course, is the same as shouting.” “And what is 'p-h-r-
3–3-k'?” “That's leetspeak for 'freak.'” “Leetspeak?” “It's a sort of language ...
10
Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation
Video gamers and other teens and young adults have created their own
language called leetspeak. Originally designed to prevent Internet filters from
recognizing certain words that might be offensive, leetspeak is now part of
mainstream ...
Larry D. Rosen, Ph.D., 2007
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEETSPEAK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
leetspeak is used in the context of the following news items.
Sometimes the safest digital footprint is the simplest
Instead of mixing in random characters in a seemingly common word ($ for an S, 3 for an E, otherwise known as leetspeak), consider using a ... «Investigate reporting workshop, Jul 15»
How Ridic Are the New Scrabble Words?
Then some more slangy online words made the list, including lolz and pwn (leetspeak for own, meaning 'to conquer or defeat badly in gaming') ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jun 15»
Leetspeak, circa 1901
The telegraph operators of the early 20th century had a rich vocabulary of wrist-saving abbreviations they used among themselves: "Is tt exa tr ... «Boing Boing, May 15»
Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider
An easy way to remember good passwords is to borrow from leetspeak (or l33tspeak). With l33tspeak, one replaces letters with other ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Apr 15»
Publishing Industry Antics on April Fools
D3W3Y's prose looks like a variation on “leetspeak,” the alternative tech language that substitutes numbers for letters. The gag is based on ... «Publishers Weekly, Apr 15»
Thor's Comic Review Column - Descender #1, Spider-Woman #5 …
Well, at the end of last week's column I jokingly said that if I state the intention of writing up a book featuring a title made up of leetspeak being ... «Bleeding Cool News, Mar 15»
The reality of hacking Islamic extremist websites
Jester uses the Twitter leetspeak handle @th3j35t3, a specialized form of symbolic writing. His hacker ethics are as a grey hat hacker (i.e. ... «Digital Journal, Mar 15»
Thor's Comic Review Column - Spider-Gwen #1, Henchmen #2 …
So yeah, that's two weeks in a row I've reviewed comics with leetspeak in the titles, both of which are re-releases by independent publishers. «Bleeding Cool News, Mar 15»
15 obsolete words we should still be using
... like the Internet can even lead to entirely new sociolects — social dialects associated with certain groups — like lolspeak and leetspeak. «Mother Nature Network, Feb 15»
Mr. Modem: Leetspeak 101
Could you please explain something called “leetspeak”? My computer repair person was telling me about it, but it didn't make a lot of sense to ... «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jan 15»
