Leetspeak vs Lolspeak - What's the difference?
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(chiefly, internet slang) A form of chatspeak characterized most strongly by its alphanumeric substitutions.
(Internet slang, neologism) The speech of lolcats. Spelling variation of English, imitating the speech of children and some regional accents.
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(Internet slang) Internet slang, often through initialisms such as those associated with the word lol.
Lolspeak is a related term of leetspeak.
As a proper noun leetspeak
is Leetspeak: "1 pwnd s{{!}}_{{!}}m n00bz.As a noun lolspeak is
the speech of lolcats. Spelling variation of English, imitating the speech of children and some regional accents.leetspeak
English
Alternative forms
* leetspeek,Proper noun
{{examples-right, * Leetspeak: "1 pwnd sm n00bz" * Transliteration: "I owned some newbies." * Formal English: "I soundly defeated some newcomers." }} (en proper noun)See also
*lolspeak
English
Alternative forms
*LOLspeakNoun
(-)citation, googleid=f9d8d397afdddbdc , passage=The standards are still being fract^H^H^H^H^Hwritten for the language, but the availability of Suitable Wordings from lolspeak verges on the frightening at times.}}
citation, isbn=0596516495 , page=127 , passage=Study the lolcat'' version of the book of Genesis, accessible as nltk.corpus.genesis.words('lolcat.txt'), and the r ules for converting text into ''lolspeak at
http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=How_to_speak_lolcat. Define regular rexpressions to convert English words into corresponding lolspeak words.}}
citation, isbn=1569757348 , passage=Now, in this first ever feline gospel, they retell 50 popular Bible stories in LOLspeak.}}