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Dharkbayne
2003-04-11, 01:11 AM
does anyone know where the l33t and SPAM things on the internet started? And im not talking about the food spam either. :) okthxbye!



Ihadafriendwhoateagrenadeandthenhewenttothehospita landtheytookitoutofhimandthentheydonatedittogoodwi lltruestory!OKTHXBYEEVERYONECAPSAREFUN!!!WEEEMYSPA CEBARISBROKEN!!!!!!!W00T!
Saint
2003-04-11, 01:12 AM
l33t = Elite

SPAM is an anagram, like Self-P**** A***** Mail
Dharkbayne
2003-04-11, 01:13 AM
I know what l33t means, but where did it come from? I mean a game, or what?
Saint
2003-04-11, 01:16 AM
Not sure what game, some guys just made it up and it caught on, just like pwn, someone misspelled own and it just caught on.
Dharkbayne
2003-04-11, 01:17 AM
thats wierd, hey everyone, say FO SHIGGITY! That's my word, and beautimus! Oh yeah, and hobolicious!
Matuse
2003-04-11, 01:23 AM
Spam is from a monty python sketch. If you've seen it, you'd know why.

If you haven't...well, your loss.
Terik
2003-04-11, 01:52 AM
Originally posted by Dharkbayne
Ihadafriendwhoateagrenadeandthenhewenttothehospita landtheytookitoutofhimandthentheydonatedittogoodwi lltruestory!OKTHXBYEEVERYONECAPSAREFUN!!!WEEEMYSPA CEBARISBROKEN!!!!!!!W00T!

Translation:

I had a friend who ate a grenade and then he went to the hospital and they took it out of him and then they donated it to good will true story!OK THX BYE EVERYONE CAPS ARE FUN!!!WEEE MY SPACEBAR IS BROKEN!!!!!!! W00T!
Squeeky
2003-04-11, 01:54 AM
:huh: This thread is a sad excuse to spam, And i'd suggest you dont
Venom
2003-04-11, 03:08 AM
"leet" speak started around the Quake 1 days. It exploded when CS came out.
Zatrais
2003-04-11, 05:12 AM
Leet speak actually has its origins in the early internet days, pre AOL. the net was a moderated place then whit filters and all. People couldn't use the word porn for instance, they had to use pr0n. So in order for the hackers (real hackers) not to be traced when they were talking about hacking and illegal they had to replace various letters whit numbers.

Then the AOL came, moron floodgate opened, kids tought leet speak was cool and the rest isn't hard to imagen. Kids who wanted to be hackers started to speak it to be cool, those same idiots then moved onto games and voila, l33t dewds. Course, the leet speak has undergone some major changes and word additions.