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Slang Pwned+

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pwned

Owned, utterly defeated; a typo of "owned" that became gaming's favourite taunt.

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pwned: Owned, utterly defeated; a typo of "owned" that became gaming's favourite taunt. Example: "got pwned in Halo: Reach all night"

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Meaning
Owned, utterly defeated; a typo of "owned" that became gaming's favourite taunt.
Example
"got pwned in Halo: Reach all night"
Origin
Warcraft or Counter-Strike lore, early 2000s
Part of speech
verb
Sources
  1. 1.
    Leet · WikipediaWikipedia
  2. 2.
    Internet slang · WikipediaWikipedia
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