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My Favorite Sites of the Day are the Wikipedia entries for 'teh' and 'pwn', and how seriously they take leet.
My favorite part of those entries, discussing variants:
quote:WTFpwned!? is derived from the contraction of the Internet slang term WTF ("What the ****?") and pwn and is intended to suggest that a player was not just pwned, but that such pwnage happened so quickly that the other player was left wondering what happened (and saying "What the ****?").
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PvP Online has just had an interesting spin on it, too. They're even selling the support wristbands.
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I also recommend The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook for funny discussion of leetspeak and other net culture silliness. At least 10 years out of date, since I read it in highschool, but very entertaining.
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CNN had an article about l337 speak a couple months ago. It's sorta funny how seriously they took it. I think I remember them writing that if you child is saying he pwned some kid at something, then your child is probably a bully. I'll link it here once I find it.
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quote: If you're a parent, pay attention to the following list. These words can point to illegal activities or indicate your child is a bully:
H4x = hack
Warez or w4rez = illegal software
Pr0n = porn
Sploitz = exploits, or software vulnerabilities
0\/\/n3d or pwn3d = an assertion of superiority
When this article came out, I showed it to my friends, and for a while we would just use these words all the time, and laugh to ourselves.
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quote:Originally posted by adam613: My favorite is the Slashdot Trolling Phenomena page. (Warning: objectionable language)
And I thought I had way too much time on my hands...
Oh Lordy, this is great.
quote:Hot grits/Natalie Portman
Early in Slashdot's history, an anonymous troll (aka the "hot grits guy") would post a reply to every story with a simple "I have poured hot grits down my pants. Thank you." While he mostly got modded down as a troll, the hot grits guy is really the first recurring troll on Slashdot.
Natalie Portman is a popular target for this troll. When referring to her, they frequently profess their endless love for a "naked and petrified" statue of the actress, preferably covered in hot grits. Other incarnations suggest that Natalie Portman pour hot grits into the trolls' underwear, and vice versa.
I think we now need to make a Hatrack River Community wiki entry, including such memorable bits as "Orson Scott Card I Challenge Thee" and "Dude Peek-a-boo"
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Didn't someone link to an entry for jatraquero or something like that? Was that on wiki or the urban dictionary?
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