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1. InternetLeetpronunciation spellingsometimesEye dialect spelling of of.

   On the scale of linguistic complexity, basic leet is about on a par with pig Latin, and with five minutes' practice just about anyone can crank out elegant prose such as: y c@N' p30p13 R3kO9nIZ3 eh 834UTy uv 1337???

   2003 January 10, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader

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   That gives them an advantage over their better-known peers, the Invisible Scratch Pickles: on the recent single "Invisbl Skratch Piklz vs. da Klamz uv Deth" the San Franciscans can spin heads with their superathletic scratching, but the side-length cut doesn't hold up as a piece of music.

   1997 October 17, Peter Margasak, “Return of the Turntable/ Reich and Wrong”, in Chicago Reader

1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of ultraviolet.

   Chemical ingredients — such as avobenzone, oxybenzone and homosalate — absorb the UV rays. Both types of sunscreen can degrade or wash off over time, so it’s important to reapply every two hours, and more frequently if you’re swimming or sweating.

   2023 July 15, Dana G. Smith, “Why Sunscreen Is the Only Anti-Aging Product You Need”, in The New York Times

plural UVs

1. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of ultraviolet.
2. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of utility vehicle.
3. attributivecountableuncountablecomputer graphicsThe axes of a two-dimensional texture, as opposed to those (X, Y, Z) of the three-dimensional model to which it is applied.

   UV mapping; UV coordinates; UV texturing