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What does the P in pwned stand for?

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Yauch
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well?
Nov 13 2007 2:40AM
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Jake...
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started as "owned", someone at some point hit p=o as a typo, it became e-cool, and is now glabally accepted as "owned"
Nov 13 2007 2:41AM
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Jake...
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www.urbandictionary.com








A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.

"Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned."

OR

"That team totally pwned us."


Nov 13 2007 2:44AM
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Yauch
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hahaha!

i thought people were gonna say thinks like pimp or prostitute, i didnt know there was actually a history haha.
Nov 13 2007 3:07AM
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Mr_Bojangles
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The letters 'O' and 'P' are right next to each other, could've just as easily been 'iwned'.

Nov 13 2007 4:55AM
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StanMcStanson
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yeah but that would have been much gayer.
Nov 13 2007 6:47AM
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word-sauce
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i always thought it stood for pure owned/pure ownage
Nov 13 2007 7:21AM
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First.Aid
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Someone told me it also stood for power owned, which i thought was stupid.
Nov 13 2007 7:35AM
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huntpip29
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ya its purely owned=pwned
Nov 13 2007 8:54AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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no. pwn3d is leetspeak. Basically just nerds making fun of other nerds that got overly excited typing something and then typed it wrong. Its just like when people put a bunch of exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!11ONE!!!
Nov 13 2007 12:28PM
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solitaryman
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this is the truth.
Nov 13 2007 4:02PM
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GetPitted
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In my mind I think of it as Pilliaged(sp?) + owned= Pwned
Nov 13 2007 4:03PM
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Krush
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no way dude, it def came from CS (counterstrike for you n00bs out there) because since theres no voice chat, you have to type really fast to say something during the game and not get shot. and people would accidently press P instead of O
Nov 13 2007 4:59PM
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HHB
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this guy has it right. back in the day of cs 1.2 or 1.3 i remember people starting to say owned then it evolved to pwned. the pwn3d
Nov 13 2007 6:04PM
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Gavajabra
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Wait, do you say it as "Powned" or is it just owned.
Nov 13 2007 6:06PM
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Elijah.
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It came out of Warcraft.
I'm positive because I've played that game and it actually said "pwned" instead of "owned".
Nov 13 2007 6:13PM
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BMskier
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i totally knew it came from warcraft couse my friends who play it started saying it and they said it came from thecame due to a typo
Nov 13 2007 6:20PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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According to wikipedia the term was coined in the 80s. I always thought it was popularized in Counter Strike though, along with the rest of 1337speak.
Nov 13 2007 6:23PM
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-Kieran-
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ya it came from World of Warcraft when some guy typed it wrong and now he has people talking about it on ski sites 
Nov 13 2007 7:14PM
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calebski.
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haha..or maybe 9wned
Nov 13 2007 8:48PM
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doublexl
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PWN3D is such an awesome word.
Nov 13 2007 8:52PM
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ButteredToast.
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It's when you get owned with poop. Hence the P.


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Nov 13 2007 8:54PM
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ecsm.
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i thought it ment player owned
Nov 13 2007 8:59PM
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Pippin
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lol |\|008
Nov 13 2007 10:14PM
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