Leet Street

A street in Invercargill, New Zealand.

A spin to the phrase of the universal,every minute use known as the internet.

The name draws from the utilization of the "leet" language that is employed upon the internet (and mobile phones) in conversations, chat rooms, forums such as:

"LOL", "Pwned" and "Noob"

along with emoticons

"XD", ":-0" and "="

Ebonics + leet = 57R337 1337

Also known as str33t 1337. In the early days, leet speak was a form of expression to prevent others from understanding certain texts written by crackers. Over the years, it has become a "hip" way of speaking, and more recently has been adopted by the e-gangsta community as the ultimate form of language bastardization known to mankind. Street leet is the translation of regular street language into leet speak, giving the user a sense that he is not only "gangsta" but also appeals to the nerd-dom of the internet.

Unfortunately, this is the single hardest language to understand, as street language often uses made-up words or even unrelated words to refer to a specific action or object and leet speak turns this already semi-fictional speech into a combination of letters, numbers and available keyboard symbols to make up the already barely discernable meaning of the text or sentence in question.