1337 is the name of an English-based internet slang, though having said that there’s no reason I see that it could not be based on any language… Anyway, the digits 1337 look like the letters leet (3 looks like a backwards E), which is short for ‘elite’ — how the few who read and write it think of themselves. Computer Alpha-geeks. And that’s how 1337 works. As many letters and numbers as possible are replaced with other characters that look similar, + or 7 for t, for example. Basically it’s just a cryptic internet slang that many think is cool, including the good folks at WordPress. More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
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Congratulations – here’s to another 1337!
Thank you so much!
OMG. Congrats.
Thank you Gavin!
1337 is the name of an English-based internet slang, though having said that there’s no reason I see that it could not be based on any language… Anyway, the digits 1337 look like the letters leet (3 looks like a backwards E), which is short for ‘elite’ — how the few who read and write it think of themselves. Computer Alpha-geeks. And that’s how 1337 works. As many letters and numbers as possible are replaced with other characters that look similar, + or 7 for t, for example. Basically it’s just a cryptic internet slang that many think is cool, including the good folks at WordPress. More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
And congratulations!
t /\/\34|\| c0|\|gr4+u14+10|\|5!
And thanks 🙂
Thanks so much for this explanation, I never heard of this before!
Congratulations!!
Thanks Patricia! 🙂
complimenti 😉
Grazie Alessandro! 🙂
Congrats 🙂
Thanks my friend! 🙂