Very interesting to see article at Microsoft.com on l33t ( pronounced "leet"in case you didn't know), also known as "hackz0r" or "h4kz0r" ("hack-sore"). If you didn't know what the kids these days are up to, this is a bit of an introduction. It did sort of remind me a bit of my parents' generation passing information to each other about what us kids were up to ("Marijuana is referred to by many names: maryjane, hash, reefer, pot, stash, lid, key") of course, they would get the syntax wrong, and leave out the latest names. There always seems to be an element of "those kids have their own lingo to hide their shenanigans from us" and that's probably true. Frankly (and to get semi-serious for only a minute I promise) as the parent of a teenager I worry very little about what he does on the internet; with only a few exceptions (writing viruses, etc.) they don't get into trouble or run into harm on the net, its when they leave the net and go out into the real world and get wasted, drive cars, play grab-ass and try to get into each other's pants that the real trouble happens.
The more time they spend on the net calling each other "n00b" and discussing their "m4d sk1lz", the less time they have to get into real trouble.
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