d00d

A form of dude — A man, generally a younger man.

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Meanings

nound00d (plural d00ds or d00dz)

plural d00ds · plural d00dz

  1. InternetLeetalternativeAlternative spelling of dude.

    As 'Ozone Pilot', one former warez d00d, wrote: Warez d00dz get illegal copies of copyrighted software.

    1996, Eric S Raymond, The new hacker's dictionary
    1 more example

    When he arrived at work that morning, it was to face an angry Web development team whose beautiful and elegantly designed index page had been replaced with the crude legend, "Y0U H4\/E B33N 0WN3D BY AG3NT D3L3T3! l@m3 security, d00d.

    2004, Jay Beale, Andrew R Baker, Brian Caswell, Mike Poor, Snort 2.1 intrusion detection

Origin

Leet spelling of dood, itself from dude.

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Cite this entry
APA

d00d. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d00d

MLA

“d00d.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d00d. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “d00d,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d00d.

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