This lexicon covers much of cracker slang (which is often called "leet-speak"馃槈 so the reader will be able to understand both what leaks out of the cracker underground and the occasional ironic use by hackers.
Misspell frequently. The substitutions
phone => fone
freak => phreak
are obligatory.
Always substitute `z's for `s's. (i.e. "codes" -> "codez"馃槈. The substitution of 'z' for 's' has evolved so that a 'z' is now systematically put at the end of words to denote an illegal or cracking connection. Examples : Appz, passwordz, passez, utilz, MP3z, distroz, pornz, sitez, gamez, crackz, serialz, downloadz, FTPz, etc.
Type random emphasis characters after a post line (i.e. "Hey Dudes!#!$#$!#!$"馃槈.
Use the emphatic `k' prefix ("k-kool", "k-rad", "k-awesome"馃槈 frequently.
Abbreviate compulsively ("I got lotsa warez w/ docs"馃槈.
TYPE ALL IN CAPS LOCK, SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE YELLING ALL THE TIME.
The following letter substitutions are common:
a => 4
e => 3
f => ph
i => 1 or |
l => | or 1
m => |\/|
n => |\|
o => 0
s => 5
t => 7 or +
Thus, "elite" comes out "31337" and "all your base are belong to us" becomes "4ll y0ur b4s3 4r3 b3l0ng t0 us", Other less common substitutions include:
b => 8
c => ( or k or |< or /<
d => <|
g => 6 or 9
h => |-|
k => |< or /<
p => |2
u => |_|
v => / or \/
w => // or \/\/
x => ><
y => '/
The word "cool" is spelled "kewl" and normally used ironically; when crackers really want to praise something they use the prefix "uber" (from German) which comes out "ub3r" or even "|_|83r"