8 /eɪt/ BrE AmE written informal
a way of writing parts of words that sound like ‘-ate’, ‘-eat’, or ‘-ait’, used especially in emails and ↑ text message s :
gr8 (=great)
I h8 (=hate) homework!
It’s 2 l8 (=too late)
8 /eɪt/ BrE AmE written informal
a way of writing parts of words that sound like ‘-ate’, ‘-eat’, or ‘-ait’, used especially in emails and ↑ text message s :
gr8 (=great)
I h8 (=hate) homework!
It’s 2 l8 (=too late)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012