Hi well lets get this straight from the start I DONT WANT ANY, im just asking about the name. recent posts have asked about what only can be described as pirate software, what i want to know is how it got to be called Warez. it's somthing that has been puzzeling me since i heard it called that about a year ago. let me just say for the record that anyone asking where to find such is a complete idiot. just a question Dave

RIGHT ON BRO!!!!!

Probably a degenerate form of the word "Software"

And the z is meant to make it look "cool", sorta like "f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb" ads that once hung in the NY subways.

Thanks guys I just love reading the threads when you lot get your teeth into one of those threads, trouble is I read them while i'm at work (we're not realy suposed to use the net during works time) and I have trouble not lol thanks again

It's called d33d speak (dude) I know that the type of language is used heavily in online games like Everquest, DAoC, and UO, though I am not sure which started the trend. I do remember back in the old Commodore 64 days the terminology was used then too, though it was different in a lot of ways. I think it just comes down to what was already said, the people who use the terms think it sounds cool. I, for one am thrilled about d33d speak, because I know exactly who to avoid once I see it being used ;) JDexter

It's just kind of a trademark/trendy thing. Hackers typically used to used alternate spellings of words to identify themselves with other hackers. Warez, Romz, Linkz, Phreakerz. I guess its supposed to be rebellious or something. lol

It is the kiddie script verison of the word Wares... which is the net form of Software.

It's also used to get around certain message boards that automatically kick out posts with certain words.(I think):)

I watched the word evolve in the 80's with the old BBS's (Bulletin Board Services). There was a lot of file swapping over those systems, most of it graphics or shareware. 'Wares' was short for software. Pirates adopted the 'z' to replace the 's' as some sort of "insider" sign that the file was pirated software.

Another rule of thumb about D33D speak: Don't date anyone using it in emails. Feels kinda stupid to go out with someone who can't spell cool and use the letter f. Thanks for asking, Wanderer, I've been vaguely wondering about that myself :-) ~S

one has bothered me for a while what does i33t mean?????

actually it's l33t (read leet) & is melodramatic, HipCrime wannabe doublespeak for "elite" as in '1337 $p3/-k VVl11 //@k3 y0u ph3@r //3' (leet speak will make you fear me :-)

I get it...not too sure i want to but if I start typing like that //|11 17 //@k3 //3 100k 70[]ph? (thats suppose to be make me look tough? It takes too damn long to do that I'd rather learn dorvak keyboard lay out then that.

Isn't it amazing how so much that people think will make them "cool" actually makes them look like idiots who haven't the tiniest shred of a clue? snicker

It takes too damn long to do that I'd rather learn dorvak keyboard lay out then that.

Don't have the time to type this crap yourself? Try the leetspeak generator. Just cut-and-paste!