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by Someone on July 12th, 2007
I hate it. I don't understand a lot of it, it takes longer to type, and it looks bad. Sure a few spelling errors and lol is fine, but 2 speak lyk dis rlly lyk bugs me. I prefer English.
by toxicity9095 on July 12th, 2007
i have never heard of it.
by Oddjob on July 12th, 2007
I don't really care for it because it takes more time to decipher then to type it normally. Only do it once in a while to bug some people as a joke.
by jbrecken on August 6th, 2009
h8
by kassie1990 on April 1st, 2011
What is the point of 1337? You have to think about what all the characters are, and then you sometimes have to type 2 or 3 characters to represent 1 letter. Chat speak is lazy, and while it bothers me too, at least I can somewhat read it sometimes. I can kind of understand laziness, but I do not understand making things more complicated as 1337 does.
by POP Fan on August 6th, 2009
Hate it. Especially when people start saying things like "lol" in real life. It makes even the most intelligent people sound rather dumb.
The worst abbreviation I've ever seen is txt instead of text. Does that one letter really save anyone any significant amount of time?
by Gabriel_T8665 on April 1st, 2011
vv#47 7#3 #311 4!23 `/0v 6v`/5 741X1^/6 4l30v7?
What is the repetition of vowel sounds called?
by Answerbag Staff on April 15th, 2010
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Q about the linking r rule; does it apply to proper names? My teach says it does, but I have never heard an example of this in conversation.
by Annette_F8752 on December 10th, 2010
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What's the biological analog of a homological monologue?
by Ombliss22 on January 14th, 2011
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So does the word 'terrorist' now mean anyone who challenges the status quo?
by r i p facebook on December 10th, 2010
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Do U.S Southerners realize to foreigners they are "YANKS" as well?
by -O-uknow on December 31st, 2010
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"1337" is even worse than regular chat speak! This kid was trying to teach me it, and 1 |>1|>||7 |_||||>3|-574|||> 47 4|| (that's supposed to say "I didn't understand at all" lol). I'd rather attempt to read stuf ritten lyk dis.
by dreamtxhim sends love to the dance floor on July 12th, 2007
Pardon my language but what the f**k?! If the interenet ever gets to that I quit.
by Someone on July 12th, 2007
Haha! But...giving up the internet would include giving up answerbag! =O
by dreamtxhim sends love to the dance floor on July 12th, 2007
If I couldn't understand them, I'd have no choice!
by Someone on July 12th, 2007