[[Image:Pwned_counterstrike.png|thumb|A player is "pwned" in a game of ''Counter-Strike''. That player is not visible due to being moved elsewhere after losing.]] The verb ''to pwn'' (past tense: ''pwned'', ''pwnd'', ''pwn'd'', ''pwnt'', ''pooned'') as used by the Internet video game subculture, means to beat or dominate an opponent. While it probably originated as a typographical error of the word ''own'', it is now used intentionally by many members of the subculture. The term has become so ubiquitous in Internet circles that it is often used outside of gaming contexts; for example, "He just got pwned in that debate" or "The hunters pwned that bear." ==Etymology== The most widely held theory is that ''pwn'' originated from a typo in first-person shooter games, the common mistake occurred from a hand position. The user, using his mouse right-handedly, would hold three of his fingers on the keys, "a", "w", and "d", along with the mouse in his right hand. When prompted to make a comment upon frag his opponent, a quick motion to type the word ''owned'' resulted in a typo. Due to the proximity of the keys "p" and "o" on a standard QWERTY the user hit the "p" instead of the "o" key, resulting in the word ''pwned''. Intentional misspellings based on keystroke errors are common in leet, such as ''teh'' for ''the'' and replacing exclamation points with 1s. ; StarCraft : One story reports that in the game ''StarCraft'', someone made a custom map where losing players would see a special message. However, instead of typing in "YOU WERE OWNED," a typo resulted in "YOU WERE PWNED." It is said that every use of the word ''pwn'' therefore comes from this one hapless misspelling, or a similar one occurring in a ''Warcraft'' or ''Unreal Tournament'' game. One possibility exists in a mispronunciation, in Diablo: Hellfire, where an enemy claims he will “own” you. The word is pronounced more like "puh-own". This may be somehow related to the "''StarCraft'' Theory". ;Rendering Error : One origination comes from an undisclosed game that reportedly corrupted the letter "o" when it was typed resulting in what appeared to be the letter "p" ; Contraction : Some people believe that the word was originally a contraction of the term ''power-owned'', ''pure ownage'', ''pistol-owned'', ''perfectly owned'', ''ping-owned'', ''player-owned'', ''professionally owned'', or ''properly owned''. These are probably back-formations. ; Pawned in a game of chess : Happens when you checkmate someone in a game of chess with a pawn. ; Unix Password Own : One of the ideas of its origin comes from the Linux/Unix subculture. ''Password Own'' meant that a person owned the root password, and thus no one but the password owner could access that machine any longer. Password owning is such a powerful way to lock down a Unix machine, that the application of ''pwn'' in online gaming is a more powerful version of ''own'' and why it caught popularity. ; Alternate for ''owned'' after word was banned : Another theory supports the idea that ''pwned'' originated on gaming forums after the word ''owned'' was banned. Administrators banned the word to try to keep flame wars down, and as a result, forum users merely "censor-bypassed" it, changed the spelling to get past any auto-blockers in place. (See also article on Pr0n). ; Dripping Blood "O" : Another theory suggests that ''pwned'' is a version of ''owned'' with supposed blood dripping from the "o". ; Pawned : Still another interpretation makes the case that ''pwned'' was not an accident, but instead a contraction of the word pawned. This theory is based upon the idea that the person who was defeated was ''owned'', and then pawned off, as an item would be at a pawnshop. See pawnbroker. ; ''Owned'' Carryover : It is likely that ''pwn'' is actually the result of a carryover of the word ''0wned'' used by computer crackers on IRC to declare that they have successfully gained access to a computer or target (as in "I just 0wn3d that Windows box"). ; Pwnage : Another way the word 'Pwn' has been manipulated. Pwnage is a way of saying I owned you or I beat you. Gamers have shortened it to Pwnage. ==Leetspeak== ''Main article: Leet'' ''Pwn'' has become part of the sub-language of gamers called ''leet (short for elite) speak''. While mostly used by gamers, this language is also used by those who commonly partake of Internet Relay Chat programs and other chat mediums such as AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. It is possible that one reason ''pwn'' has caught on in the gaming world is because the pronunciation of the letter "p" sounds more like an impact sound than "o," emphasizing the act of ownage. According to some gamers, "pwnd" is a contraction for "Player-owned" meaning that one player has killed another. Likewise "ganked" is slang for "gang-killed" meaning that many players have killed one player. ''WTFPwn!'' is derived from the contraction of the Internet slang term ''WTF'' ("What the fuck?") and ''pwn'' and is intended to suggest that a player was not just ''pwn'ed'', but that such pwnage happened so quickly that the other player was left wondering what happened (and saying "What the fuck?"). ==Pronunciation== There is no uniform way to pronounce ''pwn'' as it is most often encountered in text. Possible pronunciations include: * (as in "put") * BrE (rhymes with "moan") * AmE , BrE (as "Pawn (chess)" in chess) * (the participle ''pwnd'' would be pronounced fittingly like "pound", or else simply rendered as "pounded") * (as "pwin") * (rhymes with "soon", this comes from pronouncing the "w" as in Welsh language) * AmE , BrE (rhymes with "on") * AmE , BrE (as prawn) * (as "pea win") * (as "pea own") * (similar to , but with a "y" sound included) * just as "own," ignoring the typo * in some cases, with two syllables, as ''pay-ween'' or ''puht-ween''. ==Derivative words== * Al Capwned usually synonymous with pwned, although a sense of surprise is implied. * Post-Pwned pwned at least twice by the same person. Used to mean "Pwned and Pwned again." * Powned is synonymous with pwned * Pwnage (Pwnij, Pwn4g3) means complete domination. The exclamation originated in the gaming culture. * Pwnzor (Pwnz0r) used as a different form of pwn, although they have the same meaning and usage, such as "Outlaw, I pwnz0red you." * Tehpwnzor (Tehpwnz0r, T3hpwnzor) nominal form of the aforementioned pwnzor, prefixed by the leetspeek teh. Usage: "That torrent site is tehpwnz0r." It's also the name of a badge-giving boss in City of Heroes. * Tehpwnzriate embellished variant of the verb Pwnzor. Spoken aloud more frequently than typed because of its awkward spelling. Usage: "Man, that horse completely tehpwnzriated that guy." * Pwnt is an alternate of the past tense or past participle of the verb Pwn. An example usage would be "You were pwnt." Another variation is Pwn3d. * Pizwn3d (piz- followed by the preferred pronunciation of "-wn3d") is used as a more intense version of pwn, meaning that one has been "completely pwn3d". It derives from the hip-hop culture habit of adding the infix, ''-iz-,'' to words. It may also be in reference to the Pizza Hut P'Zone commercial. * WTFpwned!? is widely used variant. Although its exact origin is unknown, it usually refers to an intensified "Pwned!" in a situation where it looked like the opponent was about to win, or a winning by a player that usually loses, or generally a surprising loss. *'''Pwn'd!''' the phonetic misspelling past tense of the word 'pwn' *'''Pwn't''' Similar to ''pwn'd'' *Pwnted An interesting variant of the past-tense of ''pwn'' (contraction of pwnt and pwned). Although grammatically it is illogical (the word is a double-past tense), the word can actually serve to denote repeated ''pwnings'' or a severity of ''pwnage'' that has been exacted in an uncommon fashion. ''Pwnted'' is the result of a nub who was recently taught leetspeak attempting to use leetspeak in his own sentences. * Also, J-Pwned. Adding "J-" to anything for emphasis, from the term J-Pop for popular Japanese music. * In relative to this, 'chizowned' is also used. Chizowned (Ch-is-owned) is also in relation to the cheese in the victim's skills. It is believed to come from Cheeze Wiz (contracted to Chiz) plus owned. * PWNSauce, another derivative of pwn, meant to describe owning someone in a "hot-doggish" or flamboyant manner. *Oregapwned an act of having one smoke oregano thinking it is illegal substance, coined by gamers. Ie. at Round III *Owntehpwnsord A combination of the original ownage and the derivative pwnage, it combines the two terms into one meaning you didn't stand a chance back when people said ownage and you don't stand a chance now. * Qwned, pronounced "quoned" is a lesser-known derivative of ''owned'' and ''pwned''; as p follows o, q logically follows p. It is intended to be somewhat satirical of ''pwned'' as it would be a very unlikely typo. Also, when typed in lowercase, the "q" in qwned resembles an inverted lowercase "p". * Modus Pwnened, derived from modus ponens, a simple argument form in logic (Latin: ''mode that affirms''). ==See also== *Internet slang *Typographical error ==External links== *[http://www.reallifecomics.com/daily.php?strip_id=1428 A theory of etymology] *[http://www.pwned.nl A humorous Flash movie showing a guy getting Pwned on Counter Strike]. Warning: Offensive language. This Macromedia Flash contains many phrases that are commonly referred to in Leetspeak. Computer and video game terminology Internet slang
Rough consensus to keep as is. VfD notice removed. Deletion debate archived below. -- User:Cecropia 01:32, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC) ---- * Overwrought Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary of a gamer culture in-joke. User:Rebrane 08:40, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC) * Redirect to Leet -- User:Cyrius|User talk:Cyrius 12:06, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC) * Keep. Add links to Cant, Jargon, Argot & Leet. --User:Davout 13:39, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC) * Redirect to Leet. User:Exploding Boy 13:43, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC) * Keep for now. It's not strictly a part of Leet language. --User:Johnleemk 14:06, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC) * Merge with Leet and redirect. Oddly, this article makes it look like Leet is a subtopic of Pwn... User:Fredrik 15:57, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC) ** More elaborate motivation why this does not need its own article: Pwn is already covered quite well in Leet (including meaning and origin). The few things that are missing can be added easily. The note of being subject to flame wars is absolutely unimportant, since flamewars on obscure Internet forums erupt all the time, about all kinds of subjects. What remains is a description of what Leet is, and that is, well, redundant.User:Fredrik 00:39, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) *Keep. User:Everyking 00:21, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) *Redirect. - User:Fennec 00:47, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) * Keep, entertaining and well-written, and a rather more detailed writeup than that of any of the other words described in the Leet article. --User:Stormie 01:50, Apr 20, 2004 (UTC) *Redirect to Leet. -User:Gtrmp 20:01, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) *Keep. It's pretty good. User:Pteron 22:12, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) * Keep. User:Cribcage 05:37, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC) *Keep. User:JeffyJeffyMan2004 15:39, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC) ---- I understand that the deletion debate has already occurred, but I wanted to stress that I believe this article should be kept as-is (seperate from Leet). The word is distinctly different, though used by the same culture. On [http://DavisWiki.org DavisWiki.org] I was able to provide this link as an explaination of the term, which would have otherwise gone misunderstood or lost in the sea of Leet. Leet is also more hax0r-culture than gamer culture, which pwned is. --Philip Neustrom ---- VERY similar to the free dictionary definition http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Pwn3d Chicken or the egg? User:Metastable 23:52, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC) :The fine print at the bottom of that says they got it from here. User:Goplat 23:52, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC) ::They get everything from here...User:Dustinasby 07:53, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC) Under Etymology, the simple-typo theory (certainly the only seriously-held theory in my speech community) is listed twice. That's odd. Also, I would propose that "chizzown" comes from "chown" (which comes from the general proliferation of words that end in "own", with some help from unix), by way of the same process that leads to "bizznatches" in the "hizzouse"; the gratuitous insertion of 'z' and necessary vowels, from black English. I decline to edit this myself, since I'm hesitant about the potential for controversy in tracing etymology without extensive research. --User:JHolman 12:06, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC) ==zwn== I removed the "rhymes with zwn" from pronunciation. Google and Dictionary.com have nothing on zwn as a word. It's not a very helpful pronunciation guide if there's no indication how to pronounce zwn.—User:Rparle User_talk:rparle 00:07, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC) :I totally agree wit this point and in general, I really like this article. I think that this is the kind of thing that makes wikipedia really good. It is clearly documenting and explaining generic information that will take years to make it into any ''written'' encyclopedia. --User:Jpittman 15:55, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC) You've not only been pwned, you've been zwned! :) User:Rickyrab 00:20, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC) (signed after I logged in) In usage by gamers, I have seen several sightings of the use of 'zwned' in MMROPG's, referring to the tactic of changing between game maps or 'zones' to escape or avoid player-vs-player combat. I am hesitant to add this usage though without more research or support from other writers first. -- Anon ==Warcraft== "Finally, one other story reports that in the game Starcraft (Alternatively Warcraft), [...]" :I removed the "(Alternatively Warcraft)" part. Does this mean the story is also told of Warcraft? Or that Warcraft is an alternative name for Starcraft (not true but seemingly implied)? ::I heard the same story about Warcraft. Two entries on UrbanDictionary seem to agree. More Googling seems to suggest this too, it also confirms that ''pwn'' was used before this. User:Philip Nilsson 20:08, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC) :I've put it back in.User:Rparle—User:Rparle User_talk:rparle 20:53, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC) ::The most common theory that I've heard is pwn originating from a War Craft map. I've never heard of it coming from Star Craft. Are you sure you have that right? User:Phoenix Hacker ==cleanup== Added
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[[Image:Pwned_counterstrike.png|thumb|A player is "pwned" in a game of ''Counter-Strike''. That player is not visible due to being moved elsewhere after losing.]] The verb ''to pwn'' (past tense: ''pwned'', ''pwnd'', ''pwn'd'', ''pwnt'', ''pooned'') as used by the Internet video game subculture, means to beat or dominate an opponent. While it probably originated as a typographical error of the word ''own'', it is now used intentionally by many members of the subculture. The term has become so ubiquitous in Internet circles that it is often used outside of gaming contexts; for example, "He just got pwned in that debate" or "The hunters pwned that bear." ==Etymology== The most widely held theory is that ''pwn'' originated from a typo in first-person shooter games, the common mistake occurred from a hand position. The user, using his mouse right-handedly, would hold three of his fingers on the keys, "a", "w", and "d", along with the mouse in his right hand. When prompted to make a comment upon frag his opponent, a quick motion to type the word ''owned'' resulted in a typo. Due to the proximity of the keys "p" and "o" on a standard QWERTY the user hit the "p" instead of the "o" key, resulting in the word ''pwned''. Intentional misspellings based on keystroke errors are common in leet, such as ''teh'' for ''the'' and replacing exclamation points with 1s. ; StarCraft : One story reports that in the game ''StarCraft'', someone made a custom map where losing players would see a special message. However, instead of typing in "YOU WERE OWNED," a typo resulted in "YOU WERE PWNED." It is said that every use of the word ''pwn'' therefore comes from this one hapless misspelling, or a similar one occurring in a ''Warcraft'' or ''Unreal Tournament'' game. One possibility exists in a mispronunciation, in Diablo: Hellfire, where an enemy claims he will “own” you. The word is pronounced more like "puh-own". This may be somehow related to the "''StarCraft'' Theory". ;Rendering Error : One origination comes from an undisclosed game that reportedly corrupted the letter "o" when it was typed resulting in what appeared to be the letter "p" ; Contraction : Some people believe that the word was originally a contraction of the term ''power-owned'', ''pure ownage'', ''pistol-owned'', ''perfectly owned'', ''ping-owned'', ''player-owned'', ''professionally owned'', or ''properly owned''. These are probably back-formations. ; Pawned in a game of chess : Happens when you checkmate someone in a game of chess with a pawn. ; Unix Password Own : One of the ideas of its origin comes from the Linux/Unix subculture. ''Password Own'' meant that a person owned the root password, and thus no one but the password owner could access that machine any longer. Password owning is such a powerful way to lock down a Unix machine, that the application of ''pwn'' in online gaming is a more powerful version of ''own'' and why it caught popularity. ; Alternate for ''owned'' after word was banned : Another theory supports the idea that ''pwned'' originated on gaming forums after the word ''owned'' was banned. Administrators banned the word to try to keep flame wars down, and as a result, forum users merely "censor-bypassed" it, changed the spelling to get past any auto-blockers in place. (See also article on Pr0n). ; Dripping Blood "O" : Another theory suggests that ''pwned'' is a version of ''owned'' with supposed blood dripping from the "o". ; Pawned : Still another interpretation makes the case that ''pwned'' was not an accident, but instead a contraction of the word pawned. This theory is based upon the idea that the person who was defeated was ''owned'', and then pawned off, as an item would be at a pawnshop. See pawnbroker. ; ''Owned'' Carryover : It is likely that ''pwn'' is actually the result of a carryover of the word ''0wned'' used by computer crackers on IRC to declare that they have successfully gained access to a computer or target (as in "I just 0wn3d that Windows box"). ; Pwnage : Another way the word 'Pwn' has been manipulated. Pwnage is a way of saying I owned you or I beat you. Gamers have shortened it to Pwnage. ==Leetspeak== ''Main article: Leet'' ''Pwn'' has become part of the sub-language of gamers called ''leet (short for elite) speak''. While mostly used by gamers, this language is also used by those who commonly partake of Internet Relay Chat programs and other chat mediums such as AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. It is possible that one reason ''pwn'' has caught on in the gaming world is because the pronunciation of the letter "p" sounds more like an impact sound than "o," emphasizing the act of ownage. According to some gamers, "pwnd" is a contraction for "Player-owned" meaning that one player has killed another. Likewise "ganked" is slang for "gang-killed" meaning that many players have killed one player. ''WTFPwn!'' is derived from the contraction of the Internet slang term ''WTF'' ("What the fuck?") and ''pwn'' and is intended to suggest that a player was not just ''pwn'ed'', but that such pwnage happened so quickly that the other player was left wondering what happened (and saying "What the fuck?"). ==Pronunciation== There is no uniform way to pronounce ''pwn'' as it is most often encountered in text. Possible pronunciations include: * (as in "put") * BrE (rhymes with "moan") * AmE , BrE (as "Pawn (chess)" in chess) * (the participle ''pwnd'' would be pronounced fittingly like "pound", or else simply rendered as "pounded") * (as "pwin") * (rhymes with "soon", this comes from pronouncing the "w" as in Welsh language) * AmE , BrE (rhymes with "on") * AmE , BrE (as prawn) * (as "pea win") * (as "pea own") * (similar to , but with a "y" sound included) * just as "own," ignoring the typo * in some cases, with two syllables, as ''pay-ween'' or ''puht-ween''. ==Derivative words== * Al Capwned usually synonymous with pwned, although a sense of surprise is implied. * Post-Pwned pwned at least twice by the same person. Used to mean "Pwned and Pwned again." * Powned is synonymous with pwned * Pwnage (Pwnij, Pwn4g3) means complete domination. The exclamation originated in the gaming culture. * Pwnzor (Pwnz0r) used as a different form of pwn, although they have the same meaning and usage, such as "Outlaw, I pwnz0red you." * Tehpwnzor (Tehpwnz0r, T3hpwnzor) nominal form of the aforementioned pwnzor, prefixed by the leetspeek teh. Usage: "That torrent site is tehpwnz0r." It's also the name of a badge-giving boss in City of Heroes. * Tehpwnzriate embellished variant of the verb Pwnzor. Spoken aloud more frequently than typed because of its awkward spelling. Usage: "Man, that horse completely tehpwnzriated that guy." * Pwnt is an alternate of the past tense or past participle of the verb Pwn. An example usage would be "You were pwnt." Another variation is Pwn3d. * Pizwn3d (piz- followed by the preferred pronunciation of "-wn3d") is used as a more intense version of pwn, meaning that one has been "completely pwn3d". It derives from the hip-hop culture habit of adding the infix, ''-iz-,'' to words. It may also be in reference to the Pizza Hut P'Zone commercial. * WTFpwned!? is widely used variant. Although its exact origin is unknown, it usually refers to an intensified "Pwned!" in a situation where it looked like the opponent was about to win, or a winning by a player that usually loses, or generally a surprising loss. *'''Pwn'd!''' the phonetic misspelling past tense of the word 'pwn' *'''Pwn't''' Similar to ''pwn'd'' *Pwnted An interesting variant of the past-tense of ''pwn'' (contraction of pwnt and pwned). Although grammatically it is illogical (the word is a double-past tense), the word can actually serve to denote repeated ''pwnings'' or a severity of ''pwnage'' that has been exacted in an uncommon fashion. ''Pwnted'' is the result of a nub who was recently taught leetspeak attempting to use leetspeak in his own sentences. * Also, J-Pwned. Adding "J-" to anything for emphasis, from the term J-Pop for popular Japanese music. * In relative to this, 'chizowned' is also used. Chizowned (Ch-is-owned) is also in relation to the cheese in the victim's skills. It is believed to come from Cheeze Wiz (contracted to Chiz) plus owned. * PWNSauce, another derivative of pwn, meant to describe owning someone in a "hot-doggish" or flamboyant manner. *Oregapwned an act of having one smoke oregano thinking it is illegal substance, coined by gamers. Ie. at Round III *Owntehpwnsord A combination of the original ownage and the derivative pwnage, it combines the two terms into one meaning you didn't stand a chance back when people said ownage and you don't stand a chance now. * Qwned, pronounced "quoned" is a lesser-known derivative of ''owned'' and ''pwned''; as p follows o, q logically follows p. It is intended to be somewhat satirical of ''pwned'' as it would be a very unlikely typo. Also, when typed in lowercase, the "q" in qwned resembles an inverted lowercase "p". * Modus Pwnened, derived from modus ponens, a simple argument form in logic (Latin: ''mode that affirms''). ==See also== *Internet slang *Typographical error ==External links== *[http://www.reallifecomics.com/daily.php?strip_id=1428 A theory of etymology] *[http://www.pwned.nl A humorous Flash movie showing a guy getting Pwned on Counter Strike]. Warning: Offensive language. This Macromedia Flash contains many phrases that are commonly referred to in Leetspeak. Computer and video game terminology Internet slang
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Rough consensus to keep as is. VfD notice removed. Deletion debate archived below. -- User:Cecropia 01:32, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC) ---- * Overwrought Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary of a gamer culture in-joke. User:Rebrane 08:40, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC) * Redirect to Leet -- User:Cyrius|User talk:Cyrius 12:06, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC) * Keep. Add links to Cant, Jargon, Argot & Leet. --User:Davout 13:39, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC) * Redirect to Leet. User:Exploding Boy 13:43, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC) * Keep for now. It's not strictly a part of Leet language. --User:Johnleemk 14:06, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC) * Merge with Leet and redirect. Oddly, this article makes it look like Leet is a subtopic of Pwn... User:Fredrik 15:57, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC) ** More elaborate motivation why this does not need its own article: Pwn is already covered quite well in Leet (including meaning and origin). The few things that are missing can be added easily. The note of being subject to flame wars is absolutely unimportant, since flamewars on obscure Internet forums erupt all the time, about all kinds of subjects. What remains is a description of what Leet is, and that is, well, redundant.User:Fredrik 00:39, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) *Keep. User:Everyking 00:21, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) *Redirect. - User:Fennec 00:47, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) * Keep, entertaining and well-written, and a rather more detailed writeup than that of any of the other words described in the Leet article. --User:Stormie 01:50, Apr 20, 2004 (UTC) *Redirect to Leet. -User:Gtrmp 20:01, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) *Keep. It's pretty good. User:Pteron 22:12, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) * Keep. User:Cribcage 05:37, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC) *Keep. User:JeffyJeffyMan2004 15:39, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC) ---- I understand that the deletion debate has already occurred, but I wanted to stress that I believe this article should be kept as-is (seperate from Leet). The word is distinctly different, though used by the same culture. On [http://DavisWiki.org DavisWiki.org] I was able to provide this link as an explaination of the term, which would have otherwise gone misunderstood or lost in the sea of Leet. Leet is also more hax0r-culture than gamer culture, which pwned is. --Philip Neustrom ---- VERY similar to the free dictionary definition http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Pwn3d Chicken or the egg? User:Metastable 23:52, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC) :The fine print at the bottom of that says they got it from here. User:Goplat 23:52, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC) ::They get everything from here...User:Dustinasby 07:53, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC) Under Etymology, the simple-typo theory (certainly the only seriously-held theory in my speech community) is listed twice. That's odd. Also, I would propose that "chizzown" comes from "chown" (which comes from the general proliferation of words that end in "own", with some help from unix), by way of the same process that leads to "bizznatches" in the "hizzouse"; the gratuitous insertion of 'z' and necessary vowels, from black English. I decline to edit this myself, since I'm hesitant about the potential for controversy in tracing etymology without extensive research. --User:JHolman 12:06, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC) ==zwn== I removed the "rhymes with zwn" from pronunciation. Google and Dictionary.com have nothing on zwn as a word. It's not a very helpful pronunciation guide if there's no indication how to pronounce zwn.—User:Rparle User_talk:rparle 00:07, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC) :I totally agree wit this point and in general, I really like this article. I think that this is the kind of thing that makes wikipedia really good. It is clearly documenting and explaining generic information that will take years to make it into any ''written'' encyclopedia. --User:Jpittman 15:55, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC) You've not only been pwned, you've been zwned! :) User:Rickyrab 00:20, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC) (signed after I logged in) In usage by gamers, I have seen several sightings of the use of 'zwned' in MMROPG's, referring to the tactic of changing between game maps or 'zones' to escape or avoid player-vs-player combat. I am hesitant to add this usage though without more research or support from other writers first. -- Anon ==Warcraft== "Finally, one other story reports that in the game Starcraft (Alternatively Warcraft), [...]" :I removed the "(Alternatively Warcraft)" part. Does this mean the story is also told of Warcraft? Or that Warcraft is an alternative name for Starcraft (not true but seemingly implied)? ::I heard the same story about Warcraft. Two entries on UrbanDictionary seem to agree. More Googling seems to suggest this too, it also confirms that ''pwn'' was used before this. User:Philip Nilsson 20:08, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC) :I've put it back in.User:Rparle—User:Rparle User_talk:rparle 20:53, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC) ::The most common theory that I've heard is pwn originating from a War Craft map. I've never heard of it coming from Star Craft. Are you sure you have that right? User:Phoenix Hacker ==cleanup== Added
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