"leetspeak" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From leet + -speak; the former element is from elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.",
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          "ref": "1996 May 7, Thomas Weigle, “Re: Realmz Scenario Summary”, in comp.sys.mac.games.adventure (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-15, message-ID <thomas.weigle-0705961754080001@dialup96-1-16.swipnet.se>:",
          "text": "well, after all i am a student of languages... which lets me peek into sociology now and then. i haven't studied the 'leet guys very much, but it seems to me that as they all understand their form of \"communication\", the main purpose (ie separating themselves as a group from the mainstream) is successful. especially as it is almost impossible to understand leetspeak at first.",
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          "ref": "1997 June 12, KaFRoKa, “Re: Another new cascade!”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-15, message-ID <5npiei$lrn$1@thor.atcon.com>:",
          "text": "Murg is God [It's \"/\\/\\U|>,g 15 g4\\/\\/D\" in l33tsp33k]",
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          "ref": "1998 May 24, Ben Cantrick, “Re: Abuse of alphanumerics. Why do haX0r d00dz do it?”, in alt.2600 (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-15, message-ID <6k9pf8$f5o@peabody.colorado.edu>:",
          "text": "People associate \"l33t-speak\" with hackers, so when new hackers start to get into the scene they assume they need to write like that, which perpetuates the belief that hackers use l33t-sp34k.",
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        "A form of chatspeak characterized most strongly by its alphanumeric substitutions."
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        "(chiefly Internet slang) A form of chatspeak characterized most strongly by its alphanumeric substitutions."
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        {
          "word": "leetspeek"
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        {
          "word": "l33tspeak"
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          "word": "l33t5p34k"
        },
        {
          "word": "1337speak"
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          "word": "13375p34k"
        }
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        "Internet",
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          "text": "well, after all i am a student of languages... which lets me peek into sociology now and then. i haven't studied the 'leet guys very much, but it seems to me that as they all understand their form of \"communication\", the main purpose (ie separating themselves as a group from the mainstream) is successful. especially as it is almost impossible to understand leetspeak at first.",
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          "text": "Murg is God [It's \"/\\/\\U|>,g 15 g4\\/\\/D\" in l33tsp33k]",
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      "word": "leetspeek"
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    {
      "word": "l33t5p34k"
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      "word": "1337speak"
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