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[Nicolas Ward]

On 11/21/06, Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcote at juno.com> wrote:
> > It's typo-slang, of the same variety that spells 'the' as 'teh'.
>
> More specifically, 1337, aka "leetspeak":
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet (scroll down to "Over-exclamation and
> other emphasis" in particular).  I'm surprised you're not all over this,
> Hutch.

I don't think I'd categorize it as leet, really; I associate that more
with hardcore gamers and script kiddies than I do with regular teen
internet users (as I would with !!one!!).

--Nick

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