[dynachrome]

“misspell “pawn”?”

Nah. “pwn” is gamer thing, I think. ‘You’ve been owned’

[dayglored]

"Pwn" is a common (and generally intentional) misspelling of "own", meaning to take over, conquer, infiltrate, another person's or company's computer or network.

[Larry Lucido]

Ah, so it’s the “boom” or “bombshell” equivalent of blogger headlines written by folks with five-year-old mentalities.