I feel so dumb but, what exactly does 1337 mean

[klepto]

lol, ive been posting at this board for two months, and im still a little hazy on exactly what it means.

[2Xtreme]

Somehow, through the process below, people with too much time on their hands turned "elite" into "1337"...
Elite
Leet
L33t
133t
1337

Weird, huh?

[Benjamin]

it means LEET its like some lame language people type in like they cant type in english because they think by doing so it will show they only have a first grade vocabulary so they spell everything wrong on purpose!

[klepto]

lmao
thats so cool

[MonkeyFunky]

I'm sure it might be before your time ("your" as in anyone under 21), but that's realizing that 1337 means "left..."

that's pager code. the numeric digits represent a letter, sometimes 2 or 3 digits represent a letter.

keep in mind that the digits on a pager are digital like on an alarm clock.

8 = A

8 = B

6 = C

0 = D

3 = E

3 OR 9 = F

6 = G

4 = H

1 = I

9 = J

15 = K

1 OR 7 = L

177 = M

17 = N

0 = O

9 = P

2 = Q

12 = R


I think you get the jist of it. This was our idea of text messaging back in the day.

hey, it's creative.


12017031 = RONDEL, my real name.


15155 1774 855 = "kiss my ass"


Dig?

12

[Jkid]

It's webspeak of "eilte". Why can't they speak english for once...

[MonkeyFunky]

ehh, s'ok.

let them speak their web talk. i got my pager code. hehehe.

i wonder if their web talk is useful at the dinner table. oh, i guess not. they'll be speaking english like the rest of us, or rather, whatever their native tongue is. =P

R

[Saladwood]

moving...

[PalRappies_go_splat]

1337 15 4 W4`/ 0F W41+1NG 5+|_|FF |_|51NG W04|)5 N|_|M3345 4N|) 5`/M3015

Translation, Leet is a way of writing stuff using words numbers ans symbols...
lol hope that helps