How do you pronounce warez?

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Grand Master

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Originally posted by sphere

lol Faction

is that New Zealand for Warez?

LMAO :D

It's official though, just check out www.dictionary.com :D

Weirz d00dz! :cheeky:

Edit: I've just thought about it for a second, it's not a New Zealander pronunciation as I originally thought. :D

Theirs - Weirz, so effectively it is Ware-z. ;)

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the word is pronounced as 'wears'...

this is why:

the word came from the word software (as someone mentioned here already)

so we have:

The word 'software' got a 'z' at the end like some of us use the word 'gamez' instead of 'games'...

So then we have the word 'softwarez'... Well now its easy... how do you pronounce the word 'softwarez' Then try saying it by cutting down the 'soft-' so what do you have there? 'warez' = 'wears'

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Actually, the word warez came from the Latin(o) word for theiving *******s - Juarez therefore I am correct :roll: :cheeky:

It's just someone's pronuciation, I think I might start a thread about the way Americans pronounce tomato (too-mah-toe if you're a brit ;) ) :D :D

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warez d00dz

/weirz doodz/ n. A substantial subculture of crackers refer to themselves as `warez d00dz'; there is evidently some connection with B1FF here. As `Ozone Pilot', one former warez d00d, wrote:

Warez d00dz get illegal copies of copyrighted software. If it has copy protection on it, they break the protection so the software can be copied. Then they distribute it around the world via several gateways. Warez d00dz form badass group names like RAZOR and the like. They put up boards that distribute the latest ware, or pirate program. The whole point of the Warez sub-culture is to get the pirate program released and distributed before any other group. I know, I know. But don't ask, and it won't hurt as much. This is how they prove their poweress [sic]. It gives them the right to say, "I released King's Quest IVXIX before you so obviously my testicles are larger." Again don't ask...

The studly thing to do if one is a warez d00d, it appears, is emit `0-day warez', that is copies of commercial software copied and cracked on the same day as its retail release. Warez d00ds also hoard software in a big way, collecting untold megabytes of arcade-style games, pornographic JPGs, and applications they'll never use onto their hard disks. As Ozone Pilot acutely observes:

[bELONG] is the only word you will need to know. Warez d00dz want to belong. They have been shunned by everyone, and thus turn to cyberspace for acceptance. That is why they always start groups like TGW, FLT, USA and the like. Structure makes them happy. [...] Warez d00dz will never have a handle like "Pink Daisy" because warez d00dz are insecure. Only someone who is very secure with a good dose of self-esteem can stand up to the cries of *** and girlie-man. More likely you will find warez d00dz with handles like: Doctor Death, Deranged Lunatic, Hellraiser, Mad Prince, Dreamdevil, The Unknown, Renegade Chemist, Terminator, and Twin Turbo. They like to sound badass when they can hide behind their terminals. More likely, if you were given a sample of 100 people, the person whose handle is Hellraiser is the last person you'd associate with the name.

The contrast with Internet hackers is stark and instructive. See cracker, wannabee, handle, elite; compare weenie, spod.

now THAT is the funniest thing I've read all day

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