The Mahalo Top 7
- Wikipedia: Leet
- Wall Street Journal: What Did U $@y? Online Language Finds Its Voice (August 23, 2007)
- The Lexicographer's Rules: Dreck to the asinines (August 24, 2007)
- Gawker: Catfights: Teh New Talk-Ways Make Olders Mega-Sad, Super-Catty (August 23, 2007)
- BBC h2g2: An Explanation of l33t Speak
- Urban Dictionary: Leetspeak
- ComputerHope.com: Leetspeak Conversion Tool
Leetspeak News and Articles
- The Wall Street Journal asked Gail Kern Paster, the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, to weigh in on leetspeak. Apparently, Shakespeare would have appreciated leet's playful approach to language. Pastner's remarks are translated into leet for the leet literate.
- Wall Street Journal: Shakespeare Would Like Leet, Scholar Says (August 23, 2007)
- WBZTV.com: Online Language Keeps Parents Guessing (April 12, 2007)
- WBZTV.com: Parent's Guide To Computer Slang (April 13, 2007)
- The Vocabula Review: The Leet Wars
- USA Today: ZOMG LOL FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!!!!!!!1 (August 23, 2007)
Leetspeak Academic Papers
- Case Western Reserve University: "relax we understand j00" (Research Paper)
- Verbum Vanum: Lexical tensions in "internet english": l337 as language? (Research Paper)
Leetspeak Definitions
- The Straight Dope: What the heck is "leetspeek?"
- TechNewsWorld: A Leet Primer
- PC Magazine: Leetspeak Definition
- LearnLeetspeak.com: The History of Leetspeak
- TechWeb: TechEncyclopedia: leetspeak
- NetLingo: leetspeak
- the.mysterious.alex: 1337Speak- The Guide
Leetspeak Blogs
- The Wall Street Journal's August 2007 article on Leetspeak caused an uproar in the blogosphere which deemed the piece lazy, behind the times and downright conservative. Scholar Robert Hartwell Fiske is quoted in the article as saying, "There used to be a time when people cared about how they spoke and wrote."
- Boing Boing: Deep and surprising "origins of leetspeek" Wikipedia article
- Boing Boing: IT Crowd DVD has subtitles in leet (December 15, 2006)
- NameWire: Will L33t, LoLcats Be the Next Company and Brand Naming Trends? (August 27, 2007)
- Gizmodo: The $5 Million Leetspeak iPhone Promotes Experimental Relations (June 30, 2007)
- Gizmodo: Omg: WSJ Goes Back to 1999 to Freak Out About 'l33t 5p34k' (August 23, 2007)
- Network Performance Links: WSJ gets "Pwned" (August 23, 2007)
- Wandering Rocks: Leetspeak? Pwning? (August 23, 2007)
- Zero Sum Mind: 1337 Katz0rz (May 3, 2007)
Leetspeak Fun Stuff
- Google: Google Hacker Language Homepage
- Book of Joe: Leetspeak - Volapuk* lite
- Worth1000.com: If Hackers Ruled Photoshop Contest
Leetspeak Converters
- ComputerHope.com: Leetspeak Conversion Tool
- Brenz.net: L337 Speak Converter
- Kung Fu Developers: L33t-5p34K Generator!!!###
- AlbinoBlackSheep.com: Leet Translator
- RyanRoss.net: l33t sp34k g3Ner4+0r
- LearnLeetspeak.com: Leetspeak to English Translator
- Leetspeak.us: Leetspeak Translator
Leetspeak Videos
- The local television news outlet's report on leetspeak included below depicts leet as a "dangerous dialect" used by children and criminals to communicate covertly without parental intervention.
- SheKnows: Parenting Video: "Leetspeak"
- Google Video: Star Wars subtitled in 1337 (Time: 2:30)
- YouTube: Leetspeak TV News Report (Time: 2:31)
- YouTube: Lord of the Rings Trailer in Leet (Time 2:52)
Leetspeak Merchandise
- Official Site: L33T Tiles
- Busted Tees: Shift Happens T-Shirt
- CafePress.com: Leetspeak T-Shirts & Gifts
- ThinkGeek: die, n00b. T-Shirt
