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| | How to Read and Write in 1337 - wikiHow |
 | | The defining characteristic of 1337 is substitution of symbols and numbers for letters (for example, in the term "1337," 1=L, 3=E and 7=T), but the language has also developed to include intentional misspellings, phonetic spelling, and new words. |
 | | Though most of the "new" words in 1337 are simply misspellings of English words ("taht", for example, or "pwn"), some are actually new coinages, such as "nooblet"--this could be written, for example, as "n008137"--which denotes a "newbie," someone new to 1337 or something else. |
 | | One of the original uses for 1337 was to bypass filters for spam and obscenity (as in "pr0n" for "porn"), and while filters have made progress keeping up with 1337, it is still useful for that purpose, although the other members won't appreciate it. |
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