homeschoolmom Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 all of the smilies have some nice easily typable name like blink or band or whatever, but why is this one: :ph34r: called ph34r?
azaelia Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 It's supposed to be fear: ph = f 3 = e 4 = a r = r See?
RemnantRules Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 if any thing it would be ninja but theres two n's and yea...
Iacobus Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 3 is E, reversed cap. 4 is A... ummmm not sure how. LOL! Maybe if you cut the bottom legs of the A off and rotate it...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 It's the same code that 1337 k4th0l1x0r uses in his name. I think it originated as a mix between a language a bunch of stupid kids like me came up with to spell things on their calculators with numbers and just fads in th English language...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Oct 27 2004, 09:35 PM'] So what does his name mean? [/quote] Leet Catholic...I'm not sure what the "0r" is for..."leet" is slang for "elite"...
HomeTeamFamily Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 its a whole phenomenon called "leet speak"......the leet being for elite as micah has pointed out earlier..... basically i think its a way to designate the computer nerds from everyone else it has its origins on like online game message boards some of the common phrases are: pwnt (owned, i think someone typoed and it caught on), and then stuff where you just substitute numbers in for like E (3), A (4), T (7), I(1), etc i dont know the origins of the whole 0r thing but it sounds cool on the end of words like r0x0r, flex0r, etc...... it all boils down to a nerdy way of talking/typing am i a nerd for knowing this?
homeschoolmom Posted October 28, 2004 Author Posted October 28, 2004 yes.... To be honest, I'm surprised there is a real answer...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 [quote name='VoloHumilisEsse' date='Oct 27 2004, 09:45 PM'] am i a nerd for knowing this? [/quote] Yes, but Jesus is omnipotent, so He knows it, and is thus also a nerd. Jesus is with ya, bro!
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