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by amarcheschi 7 days ago
Why the 3 rather than e?
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("Why 'leet' or '1337' instead of 'elite'". Because restricted groups like to stress a difference.)
Thank you
That’s the original form of the slang/jargon term that the site’s name derived from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

Oh thank you