User blog comment:A Lonely Nomad/Some new info/@comment-3004846-20100917001244/@comment-2157671-20100917013203

Leet, or 1337, is an online language for gamers. To speak it, you replace letters with symbols that look like the letter. For example: 3=E, +=t. 1337 is basically leet in leet. Also, 1337 speakers often misspell with words like teh. 1337 is a gamer language for those \/\/}-{0 |2 +3h 3|*:|<!!!!1 1|_|12!!!1 BTW, leet is a shortened version of the word "elite".