pwn

it started as "owned"
it was occasionally misspelled as "pwned"
it became common to make fun of those people by perpetrating the term "pwned"
it became "cool" amongst those people to to use the term "pwned".

it's a bit of a feedback system.

The o sits next to the p on the keyboard.

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Original post by AcePilot Even after some in depth research

Even deeper research

I always heard that it means "professionally owned".

The thing I don't like it about it is that people pronounce it as powned. If they pronounced it pweened, it wouldn't bother me as much.

Yes, I hear people actually say it, not just write it.

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Original post by mtw The thing I don't like it about it is that people pronounce it as powned. If they pronounced it pweened, it wouldn't bother me as much. Yes, I hear people actually say it, not just write it.

I say "porned." Problem solved!

I have read somewhere that it originated from the first Warcraft at the end of the Orc campaign. One of the developers made a spelling mistake but it was uncaught and made it to the release version.

I am not sure if it's correct though.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwned

At least, that's what I always thought.

Edit: The internet is too quick for me these days.

I pronounce it pwunned (rhymes with stunned). It just sounds sillier that way.

What about lol? Is that supposed to rhyme with doll or are you supposed to say L-O-L? I go for the latter unless I add -lerskates to the end.

This new fangled internet slang is too much for an oldie like me.

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From Urban Dictionary Pwned What happens to retards who keep arguing about the origin of pwned on the Internet You guys were just pwned

Garnered a lol (rhymes with hole).

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Original post by mtw The thing I don't like it about it is that people pronounce it as powned.[...]

"powned" makes sense etymologically, which is far more than can be said for any other pronunciation I've heard used.

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Original post by Extrarius Quote: Original post by mtw The thing I don't like it about it is that people pronounce it as powned.[...] "powned" makes sense etymologically, which is far more than can be said for any other pronunciation I've heard used.

Well the misspelling is key to the word's meaning.

Without pronouncing the p, how else will you convey that you are using the exaggerated version: pwned, as opposed to the actual word: owned.

This is what happens when you say aloud what was initially intended to be read.

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From Urban Dictionary A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft...

Funny

BOOM! HEADSHOT!

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Original post by Omid Ghavami Quote: From Urban Dictionary A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft... Funny

More like Quake 3. Was the first time I saw it. Also, we used 'mice' for 'nice' at work during our frantic Quake3 CTF sessions, due to a guy constantly mispelling it. good times.

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Original post by AcePilot Even after some in depth research

You mean you've been playing online games more or less constantly? [smile]

Back home we used to use the word 'poned' to describe being pissed and stoned at the same time [totally]

Pfft. pwntang.

Like every fundamental life question, this has already been answered by a webcomic.

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Original post by oliii Quote: Original post by Omid Ghavami Quote: From Urban Dictionary A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft... Funny More like Quake 3. Was the first time I saw it. Also, we used 'mice' for 'nice' at work during our frantic Quake3 CTF sessions, due to a guy constantly mispelling it. good times.

There existed Warcraft before World of Warcraft.

I remember people saying that back in the original TFC days, but I'd bet it's even older than that.

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Original post by Rixter I remember people saying that back in the original TFC days, but I'd bet it's even older than that.

It's gotta be. TFC is very young compared to, say, Warcraft 1.