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Re: Geek Speak?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 13 Nov 2002 07:57:04 GMT
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"HACKSOR"? That's the device that plumbers use to cut metal pipes with.
;-) [Correct spelling is "hacksaw".]
NOTE: Although you translated it out to the word you mentioned above, they
actually call people like that "HAXXORS" or some "l33t" (cough) combination
thereof.
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Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
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"Erick" <erick_jensen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:H5HyEA.4oF@lugnet.com...
> I know, I hate the my bad crap. I think the ebonics went too far and
> influenced too many white kids. But this is one that bugs me. The 'l33t'
> speak crap. The using numbers to work for letters but then they forget • what
> it means and go too far. For example. The work HACK. If a guy in a
> computer game has multiple hacks, he has HAX. If he one who uses hacks, • he
> is a HAXOR? That translates out to HACKSOR? WTF is a HACKSOR? That just
> makes no sense. That's my big peeve.
>
> e.
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| I know, I hate the my bad crap. I think the ebonics went too far and influenced too many white kids. But this is one that bugs me. The 'l33t' speak crap. The using numbers to work for letters but then they forget what it means and go too far. For (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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