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[joshd]

lol.

what is pwn/pwned. ive been reading it for ages, but dont actually know what it means.

 

[alecjahn]

pwn = own - o + p

Woot! My memory literally just got here via fedex (the stuff I prematurely put in my sig )

 

[joshd]

so own means: win, beat, kick the s**t out of, etc, then.

 

[nuke]

this is computer section, you know that right...

 

[alecjahn]

Yep yep.

Time to install this shiny beautiful baby.

 

[joshd]

ok. that clears up some confusion.

this thread has mostly been flaming and nout to do with computers anyway. nevermind.

 

[nuke]

rofl.. you better not talk..

 

[joshd]

why? what have i done to you?

 

[nuke]

you talk too much..

 

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

Time for a history lesson in pwned!

This originated obviously as a typo.. from a custom warcraft map! after winning, it's supposed to say "the enemy got owned" but typo, and it said "the enemy got pwned" at first everyone was all joking about it, but then it became one of the most popular leetspeak words. Most propular ones are obviously is n00b, hax, and pwned.

But yeah, it means to have excessive skill over others and to take them down really badly... well, usually that's the case.