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For n00bs, internet chat can often be snarky and sometimes downright leet. If you’re feeling confused, it’s time to learn the lingo. Anna Leach reports on how the web is rewriting the dictionary

From the Independent newspaper...

" If someone sent you an email and wrote “kthxbai”, “NSFW” or “w00t!” in it, would you understand their meaning, or run for the dictionary? All three are standard webspeak – the first, an example of “lolspeak”, emerged thanks to the cult website devoted |to pictures of cats, icanhascheez burger.com "


lolspeak in its natural habitat on the cult 'I Can Has Cheezburger' website

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 24689.html

the article says “Leet” is often spelled “l33t” but they are wrong, it is 1337... the n00b is pwned 4 sure