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... not the same as "geekspeak," "nerdspeak" or "AOL speak," which are terms that refer to acronyms, such as IMHO for "in my humble opinion." In true leetspeak, each letter is substituted with the numeric digit that looks most like it, such as a "3" for "E" and a "4" for "A." However, creativity always abounds in the hacker community, which results in "d00d" standing for ...

... acronyms and buzzwords spoken by computer people (a whole lotta Geekonics in this Encyclopedia!). The term comes from "Ebonics" (English and Black slang). Same as "geekspeak" and "nerdspeak."