Etymology

haxor

H4A1X8O1R1

Today it means: A hacker. Full definition →

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The story

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.