"teh" + adj./v.

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:48:01 -0400, Grant Barrett wrote:

>On Sep 23, 2005, at 01:30, Chris Waigl wrote:
>>> "sux0r" = sucker??  That is to say, IE sucks?
>> Yes. x=k; 0=o.
>
>IE does suck, but to clarify "sux0r" does not equal "sucker" it just
>equals "suck, adj."

And surely influenced by the l33t spelling of "hacker" as "hax0r".
(This would also explain "pwnz0red" in Chris Waigl's IRC log.)


--Ben Zimmer