haxor

See also: häxor

English

Alternative forms

• h4x0r, hax0r, haxx0r, haxxor, hex0r, h4xx0r

Etymology

Leet spelling of hacker. It became such a common example of leetspeak that haxor became synonymous with leet in this context. The verb sense derived from the noun sense.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhæk.zoʊɹ/, /ˈhæks.oʊɹ/

Noun

haxor (plural haxors)

1. (leetspeak) A hacker.

   My friend Mark, he's an uber haxor – amazing gamer too!

2. Leetspeak.

   I hate it when people type haxor, takes hours to decipher.

Verb

haxor (third-person singular simple present haxors, present participle haxoring, simple past and past participle haxored)

1. (transitive) To hack.
   • 2007, David L. McClard, Verotopia Online:

     This was definitely how the wraith was able to haxor accounts, by getting in with a friend status.