"Pwned"

[wind]

I've been dying to ask this question for the last six months, been too embarrassed.....Here goes.....

I understand "owned" or "getting owned"..........But where did
"pwned" come from......I just don't get it.......

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

This was discussed extensively on our old forum last September. Here are some of the more interesting definitions and derivations that were posted then:

Cloak/HisSoulWarrior said:

I did a lookup at the www.urbandictionary.com and got one of the 33 definitions of "pwned":

owned:
A common term used to announce that you have an exceptionally low IQ.
Can be used instead of screaming: "Yay! I'm a moron!".
    <c4n7 5p311> pwnt!
    <me> Retards everywhere.
For those you not versed in "leet speak": "c4n7 5p311" = "can't spell"

LOLOLOL

Peace-=Of-God=- said:

. . . Here are a few of my other favorites submitted definitions:
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A corrupted version of the word "owned", this..."word"...has been plaguing internet space since the day some nerd accidently hit the "P" key instead of the "o" to display owned. Its definition is unknown, as only the retarded can say it, but it is believed to mean "I have no place in Internet gaming".
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It is merely a typo...nothing more.
Someone hit the P instead of the O while typing Owned. I think the people who actually use this word are total lamerz and should be shot.
I mean do you people actually believe that this is a word!!??
I Got a new word for yaz.....SAD!
Get a Life.
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pwned means to be owned like a punk
this is the actually meaning of the word.
mainly used in internet multiplayer games. and by people who claim to be part of the 1337 .. when they are actually losers looking for an excuse to say they are better than you
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"Owned" typed by someone without the ability or thought to correct their spelling. The accepted use generally establishes the user as one of subpar intelligence.
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retarded word for retarded people.
anyone caught using this word should be shot on sight
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A Definition in the Urban dictionary, that every useless retard and his dog, has decided to add multiple definitions for (even tho its the same definition).
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;D

Hope that helps clear it up for you, Steve.

[wind]

OK......guess I kinda overthought that one....
Thanks Jeff.

[Armor]

LOL!!!

[charlie]

Wind said:

I've been dying to ask this question for the last six months, been too embarrassed.....Here goes.....

I understand "owned" or "getting owned"..........But where did
"pwned" come from......I just don't get it.......

One of my cousins told me it was "Pistol Owned"

[lotrsam0711]

lol so one of the most used words in the gaming world came from a typo??

[thecamoguy]

I kind of like the word ;D

One friend stated it this way: when used as a word in and of itself, it could be power-owned, pistol owned, etc... The (now intentional) misspelling would just be a synonym for owned. Of course this brings up the argument of whether its pronounced "pawned" or "poned"...

personally, i say "poned"

TCG

[charlie]

yea i say "poned" too but i dont really like to it just kinda comes out LOL when ever i pwn some one in a game HEHE

[Cloak]

But if you mean you owned some one and you can not express it in "real" words, then it is just showing a linguistic deficiency. So every time some one types "pwned" or a variation off of it it's like annoucing a ignorance or "verbal retardation" to the world. "Hey I do not know the word to use, so I'll use a non-word to show my ignorance ".

[charlie]

{C4C}SoulWarrior said:

But if you mean you owned some one and you can not express it in "real" words, then it is just showing a linguistic deficiency. So every time some one types "pwned" or a variation off of it it's like annoucing a ignorance or "verbal retardation" to the world. "Hey I do not know the word to use, so I'll use a non-word to show my ignorance ".

Im saying the same thing, its like all these people in my school that put "is" at the end of a sentance like "who you is" LOL but as for pwned, my friends use it around me allot and i guess i just started using it but i use owned more.

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

Here's the bottom line, guys. Any way you say it, type it, pronounce it, whatever -- it is still very disrespectful and should not be used on our servers (violation of Rule #6).

What are you saying when you say this? You're saying that you own the other player. That's nothing short of blasphemy, since God is the only One Who actually "owns" everyone.

Because of this -- EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Any time a clan member uses either 'owned' or 'pwned' (or any variant thereof) in the server chat -- it is grounds for a 15-minute kick from the server, without further warning -- this is your warning. And non-members should be warned that such disrespectful chat will result in their being removed from the server.

[Missionary-=Of-God=-]

tanhks jfef, i nveer lkied the wrod aynawy..... and, i wsih tehy wuold laren to sepll

[Gravity (Mike)]

When I get shot I just say.. "Nice shot" or... "Ouchie"
When I get a good kill I... Well I dont do much really...

[Trumpet]

its just a legend... but i heard that once sumone made a map for warcraft 3... way back in the day... and in the title of the map they misspelled owned by hitting the "p" instead of the "o" since they are both right next to each other... from that day on... when someone has been beaten very badly in any game... it is known as being "pwned"...not owned... however... i will not argue with jeff's post... i will respect what he has asked...

Dave

[=FLer=FireFox (Josh)]

it deson't mtater waht odrer the ltetres are in as lnog as the fsirt and lsat ltetres are in oerdr yuor biarn can uscnrmbale it....yet another reason why computers will never dominate the world.

Yea, I went off subject there.......

I have no idea where the word "pwned" came from, and of course there's gonna be many myths on who said and/or typed it first, and there's gonna be many people who claim to have said and/or typed it first......i