Leet speak.

Today’s post is about today’s funny link, which is the Parent’s Guide to Internet Slang on Microsoft.com.

This is especially important as I have an extreme tendency to randomly use such leetspeak in casual conversation. Let’s dig through this guide with some scrutiny:

- “pwn”: A typo-deliberate version of own, a slang term often used to express superiority over others that can be used maliciously, depending on the situation. This could also be spelled “0\/\/n3d” or “pwn3d,” among other variations. Online video game bullies or “griefers” often use this term. – I take offense to the fact that it says bullies and griefers use this term. I use it to say my wife pwned me when she somehow logic bombed me, or that a stapler pwned me when it wouldn’t go through a stack of 23 pages (well, I guess technically the papers pwned me).

-Mistakes are often left uncorrected. Common typing misspellings (typos) such as “teh” instead of the are left uncorrected or sometimes adopted to replace the correct spelling. – Total agreement with this one. It is deh true.

“w00t” or the smiley character \o/: An acronym that usually means “We Own the Other Team,” used to celebrate victory in a video game. – I’ve never heard it as an acronym, it’s just a celebratory phrase. woot!

I’m tired. Getting ready to go put this IKEA thing together, should be fun.