d00d en · NOUN
Etymology
Leet spelling of dood, itself from dude.
Meanings
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(Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of dude.
alt of dude
As 'Ozone Pilot', one former warez d00d, wrote: Warez d00dz get illegal copies of copyrighted software.
1996, Eric S Raymond, The new hacker's dictionary:When he arrived at work that morning, it was to face an angry Web development team whose beautiful and elegantly designed index page had been replaced with the crude legend, "Y0U H4\/E B33N 0WN3D BY AG3NT D3L3T3! l@m3 security, d00d.
2004, Jay Beale, Andrew R Baker, Brian Caswell, Mike Poor, Snort 2.1 intrusion detection:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| d00ds | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| d00dz | Number=Plur | lexicographic |