Leetspeak

Recently, i have had friends questioning, "What is NOOB?" and some who even misinterpreted LOL to a kind of abuse. At present, Leetspeak has been widely used in Internet chat, gaming communication and even SMS-ing is concerned. So, in order to help those who are still fresh to the world of Leetspeak, i have decided to provide you with a short glossary to help you at least sound like a experienced Leetspeaker, even if you're not as skilled a gamer.

Below are Leetspeaks that frequently used in Internet chat:

• Brb - be right back
• OMG - oh my god
• Porn - pornography
• Hentai - pornography in form of manga or anime
• Rdy - ready
• LOL - laugh out loud
• ROFL - roll on floor laughing
• Sry - sorry
• WTF - what the fuck
• WTH - what the hell
• Y/N - Yes/No
• A/S/L - age/sex/location
• LMAO - laugh my ass off
• STFU - shut the fuck up
• b4 - before
• Bb - bye bye
• Cya - see ya
• Y - why
• o0o - show your middle finger

Here are Leetspeaks that frequently sighting in game situation ( highly recommend to newbie Dota-er who wish to avoid any misinterpretations and to save any risky embarrassment from being labelled a Noob) :

• GG - good game/give up the game
• B - back
• Noob - newbie beginner, not skilled player
• Ks - kill steal
• MS - hero is missing, and high potentially come to you
• Top - top lane
• Mid - mid lane
• Btm - bottom
• GB - gangbang
• Fat - used to describe hero which has equided with few godlike items
• Feeder - players that keep pawned by others
• Solo - the action of player to dominate 1 lane
• Afk - away from the keyboard
• Short abbreviation of hero's name, such as AM stand for Anti-mage

Basically, Leetspeak is a tool used by hackers and crackers to code thier online chat, which usually carried out via BBS (Bulletin Board Systems) and IRC (Internet Chat Relay) programmes. For example, I l0v3 Xu3 Y1\4

Well, the internet now has provided us a myriad of tools to generate Leetspeaks, here is one of the generator i using: http://ryanross.net/leet/