[Nik Naym]

I see this all over the place. What the heck does PWNED mean? Is an acronym or what?

Curious clueless middle aged adults want to know.

[nhoward14]

PWNED = OWNED in hacker speak.

OR

PWn3D = 0Wn3d 1n H4x0r 5p34K.

[July 4th]

"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." - urban dictionary

[ECM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwned