This is not an insta-close thread. It is a serious questionarre, and if luck be on our side, it will snowball into a serious discussion about this bizarre and arcane language.

Having been born a little too late, and having not been active on the internet until very lately, I am thoroughly ill33terate. Is anyone here fluent in leet? If so, can you post some leet words, with translations, and possibly how they appeared to begin with?

Also, does anyone know where leet emerged from? What is its history? I mean, I could understand abbreviations, but leet appears to be a serious commitment.

Beirut, BKS, if you don't like this thread, please don't close it- just move it where it would be appropriate. I don't want to spam the frontroom, but I don't know where else this would go.