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| − | Originally dates back to the days of WarCraft, when a map designer |
+ | Originally dates back to the days of WarCraft, when a map designer misspelled "Own" as "Pwn". What was originally supposed to be "player has been owned." was "player has been pwned". |
Pwn eventually grew from there and is now used throughout the online world, especially in online games. |
Pwn eventually grew from there and is now used throughout the online world, especially in online games. |
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Revision as of 23:20, 18 May 2008
Own or more frequently Pwn is 1337-speak for dominating another player character or mob. Very few people actually use the term own; it is (essentially) invariably purposely spelled pwn, although in speech they would probably pronounce it pown (or pone) - though the correct pronunciation would be 'poon', based on the fact there are no vowels in the word. Many players will use "pwn" or the past tense "pwned", "pwnd" or "pwnt" jokingly.
Examples:
- "I pwned that goretusk!"
- "U dueld me now I pwn you!"
Originally dates back to the days of WarCraft, when a map designer misspelled "Own" as "Pwn". What was originally supposed to be "player has been owned." was "player has been pwned".
Pwn eventually grew from there and is now used throughout the online world, especially in online games.