] While it's important to respect your children's privacy, ] understanding what your teenager's online slang means and ] how to decipher it is important as you help guide their ] online experience. While it has many nicknames, ] information-age slang is commonly referred to as ] leetspeek, or leet for short. Wow. Best quote: ] It's important to remember that the leetspeek community ] encourages new forms and awards individual creativity, ] resulting in a dynamic written language that eludes ] conformity or consistency. Microsoft at their most transparently self serving: ] Their use could be an indicator that your teenager is ] involved in the theft of intellectual property, particularly ] licensed software. :-o Microsoft guide to l33t speak. |