Teens Conquer New Language

Leetspeek is like all other forms of Internet slang – users rarely obey rules of grammar and mistakes often go uncorrected. However, according to Microsoft®, there are several distinct characteristics that set leetspeek apart. For instance, numbers are often used as letters, non-numeric characters can replace letters they resemble and letters can be substituted for other letters that sound alike. With leetspeek, non-alphanumeric characters can also be used to form letters, and teens often use the suffix “0rz” with words for emphasis or to make them plural.

WonderGroup® takes pride in being the youth and family expert. This means putting a lot of effort into keeping on top of the latest ways kids, tweens and teens communicate. We know that if we are going to help our clients effectively communicate with these different age groups, we must first understand how they communicate with each other.