A Parent's Primer to Computer Slang

o_0 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:24 am

Thanks, Microsoft, for creating this guide!

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/securit ... dtalk.mspx

Apparently, I'm a huge computer bully.

Qanda · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:49 am

OMG, I can't believe Microsoft included that article on their site. It sounded quite sarcastic. :roflol:

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Urthdigger · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:12 am

Neat. I read the thing about bullies as well. Gamertag? Who the heck calls their screenname a gamertag?

hellyer · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:32 am

Oh my god, I don't know why but this cracked me up so much, especially

ph": often replaces "f," as in "phear" for "fear" (as in "ph34r my l33t skillz") and vice versa, such as spelling "phonetic" as "f0|\|371(."

AFI_Sorrow · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:41 pm

Quote:

"pwn": A typo-deliberate version of own, a slang term that means to dominate. This could also be spelled "0\/\/n3d" or "pwn3d," among other variations. Online video game bullies or "griefers" often use this term.

Considering I often use that term in real like speak with my friends, if my mom were to ever read that I don't know what she would think.

And hellyer, I CRACKED UP about the "ph34r my l33t skillz" part in there. For some reason I just saw my dad saying that, and it's a very scary image.

lionheartwitty · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:42 pm

|-|1, |-|0\/\/ 4r3 u? 1 4|\/| 34$1|y 4|\/|3\/\/z3d!!!!!!111!!!!one!!!eleven+shift.

That article taught me a new language! I'm so happy!

sir_michael · **Posted:** Sat Feb 19, 2005 5:15 pm

yah... I am a computer bully, pwn3d.

Oh yah. I also use New Member alot. "Darn New Member, he just shot me!"

mer · **Posts:** 35 **Joined:** Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:57 am

l00OoOlZzzz! 0|\/|G!1g11! LOZLa!11 d44aAt wAszzz sOooO cOoOoO0000000000000LzedRZ!!1 pWneed LZOlsfa!!!

"lol! omg! lol! that was so cool! owned! lol!"

That was a funnnnnnnnny article haha

cky182 · **Posts:** 1035 **Joined:** Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:25 am

so if "pwn" is used by online bullies, my new site has no hope then.

Eidolon · **Posted:** Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:24 am

*cackles* I am so sending this to my dad. (He works with computers probably more than I do)

I really hope that's satire.

PWN3D.

WIS · **Posted:** Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:44 am

XD! Is that article actually serious?

Quote:

It's important to remember that the leetspeek community encourages new forms and awards individual creativity, resulting in a dynamic written language that eludes conformity or consistency. However, there are a few standard terms. The following is a sample of key words that haven't changed fundamentally (although variations occur) since the invention of leetspeek.

Twisted Sanity · **Posts:** 1993 **Joined:** Fri Oct 08, 2004 4:40 am

Ahhh, this is Microsoft shwoing that they really do care about the people... :roflol:

I wouldn't be surprised if MS has an article competition and that this was the chosen winner.

Fiddelysquat · **Posts:** 2476 **Joined:** Mon May 31, 2004 9:18 pm

Quote:

Thus, the word "ham" could be written as "|-|4/\/\."

Yep, because all of the cool 133t 5p34k3rz are talking about ham nowadays.

Asthaloth · **Posts:** 4282 **Joined:** Mon May 31, 2004 4:48 am

lionheartwitty wrote:

|-|1, |-|0\/\/ 4r3 u? 1 4|\/| 34$1|y 4|\/|3\/\/z3d!!!!!!111!!!!one!!!eleven+shift.

That article taught me a new language! I'm so happy!

pah, lower 1337 at best.
upper 1337 is actually interesting, none of this english letters riff raff.
(using nothing but symbols -no numbers except in 1337- and no letters at all, takes a long. long. long time to write it out mind)

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