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Comment by amarcheschi

3 days ago

Why the 3 rather than e?

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mdp2021  3 days ago

("Why 'leet' or '1337' instead of 'elite'". Because restricted groups like to stress a difference.)

  • amarcheschi  3 days ago

    Thank you

nfbdhdfbf  3 days ago

That’s the original form of the slang/jargon term that the site’s name derived from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

  • amarcheschi  3 days ago

    Oh thank you

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