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To: kstewskis

Darn. Link doesn't work for me. Try again? Thanks.


498 posted on 04/01/2006 8:49:55 AM PST by fullchroma (Outraged Arizona native and proud American)
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To: fullchroma
Sorry 'bout that!

From The Urban Dictionary:

1. pwned 1971 up, 422 down

A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.

"Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned."

OR

"That team totally pwned us."

499 posted on 04/01/2006 9:08:36 AM PST by kstewskis ("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big".....Jerry Fletcher)
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