[ Internet Slang ] -- 1337!
You see it everywhere online. It's in chatrooms, instant messages, and forums. It's inescapable. It's... *dum dum dum* internet slang! And sometimes it's just so damned annoying! So yes, here is a little primer on internet slang if you're an internet newbie, feel like listening to me ramble, or just bored.
AzN slangness is really the label I put on that irritating caps-uncaps crap I used to see everywhere (I still do, but less). It's not always coming from azn (note: not asian) people, but it's usually coming from them. I'm not racist against my own culture; it's just what I see. So anyway, how to do it? When you're typing, just press the shift key in regular or irregular intervals (depending on how stupid you want to sound). Ta da! AnNoyIng pInkY dEstRoYinG tExT! PrEtty! Mix it up with some idiotic abbreviation and you've got yourself a real monster.
I believe this is the evolution of AzNnesS. At least it's what I see as being predominant these days. It's not that serious of a problem, except when mixed up with AzN speak. So anyway, idiotic abbreviation is just that: idiotic abbreviation. Well, not quite abbreviation because sometimes the word is made longer (ish. WHAT THE FUCK IS ISH). So yes, some of the more common idiotic abbreviations I see are ish, kyoote, payce, and da (well, da doesn't annoy as much. Yeah, it's pretty basic.
1337 speak is what I like to consider the granddaddy of all internet slang. Since it's usually only used when someone's being sarcastic, I don't find it that bad, as long as people don't start overloading. So anyway, 1337 is short for elite, which is why when some people say they're '1337' they mean they're cool or awesome or some other bs like that. So anyway, it's widely speculated how 1337 came about, but usually people agree that it had something to do with hackers (coded messages to each other, a means of avoiding newsgroup profanity filters, etc.). In my opinion, there are two forms of 1337: classic and annoying.
Classic 1337 is the not-very-annoying one. Basically, it can be identified by a few numbers here and there and exaggeration of word sounds. It also includes a few classic typos-turned-1337. Classic examples of classic 1337 would include taking a word that ends with ck or x and replacing the ending with x0rz. Example? Rox0rz my box0rz. I love that phrase. Other examples would include jo0 (you) and pwn (own, the most predominant typo-turned-1337).
Annoying 1337, as I consider it, is the simple replacement of as many letters as possible with numbers. 9=g, 7=t, 5=s, 4=a, etc. Punctuation marks are also used sometimes. 1f y0(_) |)0 17 1219h7, 17 15 \/312y h412|) 70 1234|) (if you do it right, it is very hard to read). Don't do this unless you're very, very bored and you're sure nobody's within sniper-rifle range of you.
Uber is a german word. I'm not sure what it means in german, but in the American internet it almost always means something along the lines of "cool." It's not used so much that it's annoying, but it adds sarcastic emphasis to things. I'm pretty sure nobody I know pronounces it right when it is used in everyday speech (not even me). Usually they make a sound along the lines of oo-ber, which has come to be accepted. So yes, now you know what uber is and means. Now you won't be confused when I use it all the time =).