The term n00b came out of leet (elite) speak.From the 9th paragraph of this article at Digital Trends.
上記の文で、leetの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "leet" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
〈俗〉ハッカー風の書き方、リート語◆単語を独特の当て字で書く。特に一部のアルファベットを似た形の数字や記号で置き換える◆leet speak ⇒ l33t sp34kなど◆leetは日本の“2ちゃん語”「厨房」などに似た隠語的表現で、実際のハッカーというよりアングラ気取りの若者や一部のコンピューター・オタクがよく使う。複雑なニュアンスがあるので、背景を知らずにみだりに使わない方がよい
Answer
According to Cambridge Dictionary:a way of writing used on the internet, in which the usual letters that are used to spell a word are deliberately replaced by numbers or by different charactersAlso called leetspeak.
語源
Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、Leetは、eliteから派生した俗語で、1997年までにおもにインターネットチャットでASCIIの代替アルファベットとして使用されるようになった文字です。オンラインゲームなどでは、eliteの代わりに使うこともあります。
Etymology
According to Online Etymology Dictionary,ASCII alternative alphabet used mostly in internet chat, by 1997, derived from elite (adj.), and sometimes the word also was used as an adjective in that sense in online gaming.
Examples
- Originally developed as an elitist language (leet respelling elite), leet speak uses the whole range of letters, numbers, and symbols on the keyboard.
- Individuality and variety are key features of leet speak, and creativity is a plus, especially when more and more leet-speak terms are being borrowed by chatters and messengers.
- ‘This is cool and shows that black clad Berlin marketing gurus are down with leetspeak.’
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Ollie: Another win for us! We are LEET!
Kelly: I carried you through that game noob! I'm the LEET one. - "Wow, those guys that run this new board are leet, they had win 3.1 a week before it came out!"
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