# Explain "This \<whatever\> is teh suxx0r"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-whatever-is-teh-suxx0r/343822>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 10, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-whatever-is-teh-suxx0r/343822 "2006-02-10T05:28:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-whatever-is-teh-suxx0r/343822/1 "2006-02-10T05:28:52Z")

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OK, I get “teh” but whats the deal with “suxx0r”?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-whatever-is-teh-suxx0r/343822/2 "2006-02-10T05:42:07Z")

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sux00r is leetspeak for “sucks”. If something is teh sux00r, it sucks.

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**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-whatever-is-teh-suxx0r/343822/3 "2006-02-10T05:43:27Z")

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Sucks -\> sux -\> sux0rz

The same way that hacks -\> hax -\> hax0rz.

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-whatever-is-teh-suxx0r/343822/4 "2006-02-10T06:13:30Z")

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A handy reference for l337 speak:

> **[Urban Dictionary: suxx0rs](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=suxx0rs)**
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> meaning "sucks" or "sucking"