Forgive my ignorance

[mysid]

I've been seeing "PWN" and its variations (PWNed, PWNage, PWNing) quite a bit lately, but I haven't been able to figure out what it means. Help?

Thanks in advance!

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[quipped.livejournal.com]

Here's the definition from Urban Dictionary:

PWN (verb)

1. An act of dominating an opponent.

2. Great, ingenious; applied to methods and objects.

Originally dates back to the days of WarCraft, when a map designer mispelled "Own" as "Pwn". What was originally supose 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.

1. "I pwn these guys on battlenet"

2. "This strategy pwns!" or "This game pwn."

[mysid.livejournal.com]

Ahh...now it makes sense. Much thanks!

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Pwn

(I think you have to be under 21 to use it.)

[mysid.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link.

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

But of course. Encyclopedia dramatica cracks me up.

It kills me-- I am not old by anyone's standard, but when I get emails from my 22-year-old assistant or my 17-year-old cousin, I feel like a 90-year-old! And I'm embarrassed to write back and say "I have absolutely no freaking clue what you're talking about."

(My assistant actually says "OMG." as in, I hear her say "Oh-EM-GEE!" I told her if she said it in my presence ever again, I would strangle her with her own mouse cord. To which she replied: "LOL!" That is why I love her.)