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I guess some people feel all "leet" by using abbreviations without (or before) defining them and expecting everyone else to run around looking them up. It's ti

I guess some people feel all "leet" by using abbreviations without (or before) defining them and expecting everyone else to run around looking them up. It's tired and lame.

maest 6y ago
What does "leet" mean?
- mettamage 6y ago
  I'm not the best to answer, but leet means "elite". There used to be a thing called leetspeak. Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
  - akoncius 6y ago
    which is ironic given OP's complaint about using unnecessary use of abreviations :)
echelon 6y ago
> I guess some people feel all "leet" by using abbreviations without (or before) defining them and expecting everyone else to run around looking them up. > It's tired and lame. It's an incredibly common term we use at my workplace, and I expect many other engineering orgs use it as well. We use it not only for services ("five nines"), but also for tasks and human initiated things. It's a simple and useful stand-in for a complicated and abstract concept. I don't expect to have to explain SLAs every time they are discussed.