English
Pronunciation
pronounced powned(note NEVER EVER write it with this spelling)
Etymology
Started from a map maker for an RTS (Real Time Strategy game),named Warcraft 3, that had a message pop up when you died. His intentions were to have it say "you have been owned" but insted he accidentally wrote "you have been pwned" and from there it stuck.
Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
pwned
- context|gaming|leet|txt|slang To be defeated, especially in an extremely humiliating way.
#: I completely pwned my friend in the game last night.
- rare A 'Perfect Own': when one person kills the other without taking any damage themselves.
Category:Leet
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