pwn
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[edit] Etymology
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Possibly born out of a typo in computer game. If an enemy was defeated, a message would display, "The opponent got pwned." The correct spelling would have been "owned", as in "I just owned your system."
Another possible source is in the fact that the letter "p" comes after the letter "o" in the English alphabet. Therefore, "p" is greater than "o". In this case if you've more than owned somebody, you've "pwned" them.
The letters O and P are right beside each other on standard QWERTY keyboards.
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to pwn (third-person singular simple present pwns, present participle pwning, simple past and past participle pwned)
- (Internet slang, online gaming, originally leet) To own in the sense of defeat.
- (Internet slang, online gaming, originally leet) To beat someone or something by a wide margin, usually in relation to a game.
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pwn (uncountable)
- (Internet, online gaming, slang, originally leet) Triumph, defeat, victory. Often exclaimed after an opponent in a video game is defeated.
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- 2001, Edward Glamkowski, in alt.games.diablo2 [1]
- Otherwise I use fury as my normal attack. Fury completely pwns!
- 2003, James Grahame, in alt.games.everquest [2]
- When you get to the Temple of Marr, look very closely at the vases at zone-in and see if you can find the picture where Mith Marr "pwns" someone.
- 2004, Bronney Hui, in alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia [3]
- My Trident pwns the Cirrus Logics!
- 2005, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
- NOOBZ STILL R NOT PWNED. CONTINUE PWNERSHIP UNTIL ALL NOOBZ R PWNED.
