adjective
- Skilled or impressive, especially in video games or computing; elite.
Usage: slang; internet/gaming culture; often spelled 'l33t' using numbers and symbols
noun
- A form of internet slang using numbers, symbols, and misspellings to replace letters; also called 'leetspeak' or 'l33t speak'.
Usage: slang; internet culture; example: 'h3ll0' for 'hello'
Examples
- That gamer is so leet—he beat the final boss without taking any damage.
- She has leet programming skills and can debug code in minutes.
- The hacker's leet abilities made him legendary in the online community.
- Leet speak was popular in early internet forums and chat rooms.
- Writing in leet means replacing letters with numbers like 'a' with '4'.