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02-10-2005, 02:30 PM
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Re: pwned?
It means "owned," as you thought. It's pretty common in massively multiplayer online games. Some people use it ironically.
In one game I know of, if you defeat a certain villain, you get a badge called "Pwnd". It's not a 2+2 words, it's more of a lazy kids playing computer games word. One reference I found claimed it to be a contraction of "power" and "owned", which makes some sense, I guess. Regards, T 
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#3
02-10-2005, 02:32 PM
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Re: pwned?
Taken from UrbanDictionary.com-
1. pwned 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."
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#4
02-11-2005, 02:31 AM
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Re: pwned?
I prefer pwn3d
It's part of 7337 speak. Which is short, naturally, for elite speak. I think it got popular in Counter-Strike, the online shooter, actually.
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#6
02-11-2005, 05:25 PM
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Re: pwned?
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I prefer pwn3d It's part of 7337 speak. Which is short, naturally, for elite speak. I think it got popular in Counter-Strike, the online shooter, actually. [/ QUOTE ] Read my post in this thread. It started with Warcraft. That game is responsible for everything!
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#7
02-11-2005, 07:44 PM
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Re: pwned?
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[ QUOTE ] I prefer pwn3d It's part of 7337 speak. Which is short, naturally, for elite speak. I think it got popular in Counter-Strike, the online shooter, actually. [/ QUOTE ] Actually it's "1337" speak. [/ QUOTE ] lollzers111!!!1!!1 7337 5p33k 15 50m3th1ng 707411y d1ff3r3n7!!!! omfg pwnzors!@111!!1
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#8
02-11-2005, 08:44 PM
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Re: pwned?
This man knows what he's talking about.
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#9
02-11-2005, 09:35 PM
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Re: pwned?
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] I prefer pwn3d It's part of 7337 speak. Which is short, naturally, for elite speak. I think it got popular in Counter-Strike, the online shooter, actually. [/ QUOTE ] Read my post in this thread. It started with Warcraft. That game is responsible for everything! [/ QUOTE ] Wow. I didn't believe it either. I figured it was probably a Quake-ism but it is, in fact, from Warcraft. check it
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02-11-2005, 09:36 PM
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Re: pwned?
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Wow. I didn't believe it either. I figured it was probably a Quake-ism but it is, in fact, from Warcraft. check it [/ QUOTE ] FYI - I'm an idiot who can't be bothered to read the *third* post in this thread.
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