How did Leet speak get its' name?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet i don’t imagine a proper who and why are out there any more.

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/1337

31337 is leet for ”elite”. While it can be used to refer to the Leet language in general, it’s often used in praise of someone’s skillz. It is occasionally shortened to “leet” or 1337.

@Macaulay: Precisely what I was about to say. For a fairly accurate history of the “language”, click here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A787917

1337 isn’t really around as much as it used to be though… I kind of miss it. Playing chess with my friend in our Spanish class, while passing notes written with ridiculous combinations of non-alphabetical characters.

1f y0u can r34d th1s y0u re4lly n33d t0 g3t la1d

Fuck

1|= ψ3\/\/ <4|\| 7ψ|> 7|-|15 \/\/17| -| 5|\|ψ 4/\/\0\/\/|\|7 0|= 5|>33|), ψ3\/\/ |33 31337.

LOL intense. I would decode it but I feel to lazy right now.

@Jerikao I’m surprised how much of that I could actually read. Don’t know if I’d be able to type it, though. Lurve for the epic 1337ness.

@ParaParaYukiko Thank you, thank you.