stupid newbie--that's me. what's pwn3d mean?

[benfranklin]

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I am happily the stupid newbie who now asks:

What is 1337?

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From the Urban Dictionary:

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1. Hacker "Sp33k" for leet, or elite. Originating from 31337 "eleet", the UDP port used by Dead Cow Cult, a hacker group, to access Windows 95 using Back Orifice, a notorious hacking program.



2. Once used by the hacker community as sort of a sub-culture language, ANYONE using this type of speak in the present day in age is either:

A) A clueless net newbie who somehow thinks its still "cool" to speak this way.

B) A veteran net user who uses it to parody the type of people mentioned in example A.

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