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By Paul Gil, About.com Guide to Internet for Beginners since 2004

How to Speak Like a Leet Internet User

Monday October 26, 2009
Serious Internet computer users are sometimes known as "leet" users.  With terminology that blends gaming with hacking and with daily Internet use, the leet world uses jargon that is rather cryptic, and rather funny.  If you've heard expressions like "l337", "chixor", "frag", and "root", then you've heard leetspeak.  About.com introduces you to some of the basic terminology of Internet leetspeak, and what the words mean...
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