- "Hey, stop using l33t." "No! Maybe if you say pl0x (please)."
l33t
clipping clipping of the word "elite"
used by hackers in the early days of the internet to avoid any key searches, by using numbers to replace letters on their websites. pronounced "leet," it is a clipping of the word elite.
Etymology : Clipping of the word elite.
Source : Chatting online with my friends, November 23, 2011.
Last modified: 5 December 2011