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• In Internet parlance, to be [[pwn3d!]] is to be dominated or humiliated, especially by a rival or a hacker. Creative variations of the word, such as "pwnage," are also acceptable and denote the same.

• Fast Facts

  1. Used primarily in online gaming culture
  2. Believed to derive from a misspelling of the word "owned"
  3. Usage includes pwnt, pwned, pwnd, pwn3d or powned
  4. Has spawned Internet show, Pure Pwnage
  5. Term has pervaded popular culture, appearing in shows such as Hannah Montana and South Park

• Background

  According to the Urban Dictionary online, the use of the term pwned comes from a typographical error when a programmer was coding for the Warcraft game. The term was on a map supposedly to show who "owned" the area, but became pwned. Thus, if someone is pwned, they are 'owned' in one way or another by the person or object.Urban Dictionary: Pwned

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