I forget. WTF does PWNED mean, again?

[galloglas]

[EOTE]

1. It's an intentional misspelling of the word "owned". NT

[backscatter712]

25. It's your basic l337 hax0r slang.

It originally referred to hacking and "owning" someone else's computer, say by getting root/administrator access.

[EOTE]

27. Not quite. Leet speak is intentional. This originated as a misspelling.

As I mention down thread, it's widely accepted that the first uses of the word originated from an add-on map in the original War Craft.

[Robb]

2. Right here:

Definition of PWNED

[CrispyQ]

12. DUzy!

:rofl:

[liberalmuse]

17. Seconded.

:rofl: :rofl:

[Fuzz]

26. Where's the flippers and Pete went naked 'e drowned

[galloglas]

31. OMG, what a stretch!

Actually it uses up all the letters, so, as they say, "if the foo shits, wear it."

[Stinky The Clown]

32. I don't get it. It just takes me back to the top of this thread

:ducking:

[spiritual_gunfighter]

34. Then you too were PWNED n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. Humiliate, dominate or just basically kick the butt of another. nt

[Occam Bandage]

4. It means "disregard this post."

[RB TexLa]

9. Best answer, if someone isn't going to speak or write properly there isn't a reason

to waste time with them.

Or at least speak or write as best they can.

[wndycty]

11. Oy vey

Lighten up

[Uncle Joe]

14. But language continually evolves and what was proper 200 years ago

may not be used anymore.

Just going back to 1960s some words have become extinct while others march forward.

[CrispyQ]

16. The word despicable used to be more commonly pronounced

with the accent on the first syllable. Thanks to a cartoon duck, it is now more commonly pronounced with the accent on the second syllable. Language is a living thing.

Have you ever read the books, "There Is No Zoo in Zoology" & "Is There a Cow in Moscow?"? I think you would like them. ;)

[Uncle Joe]

18. Not yet, but thanks for the tips, I will check them out.

:)

[lunatica]

24. language has always changed through the use of vernacular

I really have an interest in this subject, although I'm no expert. The masses first start new words and eventually they are accepted as part of the language. One example is the acceptance of D'uh! into the English language and Dictionary a few years ago. In case you don't know where that came from it's what Homer Simpson says when he messes up (which is most of the time).

then there are the words whose meaning changes over time. Example: Aweful. It used to mean full of awe or giving a feeling of being full of awe. Now it is commonly understood to mean something distasteful or undesirable to the point of being rejected.

If you want to see how much our English language has evolved read BEOWULF which is Old English and read the Canterbury Tales by Geofrey Chaucer which are in Middle English. Here's an example of the beginning lines of The Knights Tale:

Middle English
Whilom, as olde stories tellen us,
Ther was a duc that highte Theseus;
Of Atthenes he was lord and governour,
And in his tyme swich a conquerour,
5 That gretter was ther noon under the sonne.
Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne,

modern English word for word:
Once on a time, as old stories tell to us,
There was a duke whose name was Theseus:
Of Athens he was lord and governor,
And in his time was such a conqueror
5 That greater was there not beneath the sun.
Very many rich countries had he won;

[4_TN_TITANS]

33. Alright, now you're getting into my expertise - Linguistics!

What's even more interesting is to hear that Middle English spoken correctly. Most of what appears to us to be excess or silent letters, were actually enunciated in speech. At least in written form you can recognize words, in spoken form it doesn't sound like English at all.

[Occam Bandage]

41. Not to mention the difference between long and short vowels. Too bad we lost that,

but at least it ended up giving us a bunch of ridiculous irregularities in pluralization and conjugation.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

35. This is the definition of self PWNAGE n/t

[Bolo Boffin]

20. +1 n/t

[galloglas]

21. What a Duzy !

Really should be. Great reply, though "is" and "should be" are different things (I think. At least existentially)

[Joanie Baloney]

5. IIRC...

It's hacker-speak for "owned", as in when they take over your computer, etc. I think it's spread to mean anytime you totally own anyone in a game or in any kind of competition. The spelling comes from the techies who spell things with numbers instead of letters, etc. Like H31P for Help, etc.

-JB

[DS1]

7. No, gaming speak for owned, from a common typo when

in the middle of the game and trying to type owned. pwned. Owned, of course, meaning to completely control someone throughout the course of the match.

[EOTE]

10. It actually originated from an unintentional misspelling.

One of the add-on maps for the original War Craft had a portion that was labeled "pwned". So more due to the proximity of p and o on the keyboard than leet speak. Since then, it's been spelled that way intentionally.

[Uncle Joe]

6. An example might be as when Cheney would spank Bush and

Bush would scream, "May I have another sir!" sort of like the scene from "Animal House."

[rucky]

8. a synonym for "Punk'd"

[Warren DeMontague]

13. "People With Nasty Erectile Dysfunction"

Ok, I just made that up.

[galloglas]

19. I see, Alice!

:rofl: :rofl:

[aikoaiko]

15. A pictorial essay

edited one out.

[Uncle Joe]

22. Those are great, aikoaiko

:D :thumbsup:

A few months ago someone started a pictorial Bush thread tied to "Fail" or Epic Fail," I regret not having bookmarked it.

[mod mom]

23. I just looked it up on wiki earlier today:

Pwn (below: Various pronunciations) is a leetspeak slang term, derived from the verb "own",<1><2> as meaning to appropriate or to conquer to gain ownership. The term implies domination or humiliation of a rival, used primarily in the Internet gaming culture to taunt an opponent who has just been soundly defeated (e.g. "You just got pwned!"). The past tense may also be spelled: pwnd, pwn'd pwn3d, pwnt or powned.
In hacker jargon, pwn means to compromise or control, specifically another computer (server or PC), web site, gateway device, or application. It is synonymous with one of the definitions of hacking or cracking. An outside party who has pwned a system has obtained unauthorised administrative control of it.

[galloglas]

28. Thanks, Mom !!

Where would all of us be without mothers?:think:

[cwydro]

37. Wtf is "leetspeak"?

God I am so out of the loop.

[mod mom]

38. you're definitely asking the wrong person-I had to look up pwned

:blush:

[cwydro]

39. Lol!

I only knew pwned (which I hate) from DU, but at least I knew THAT. Leetspeak sounds hilarious to me.

[Canuckistanian]

29. And what the fuck does WTF mean?

I'm sure I'll get pwned for this.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

36. haha n/t

[TheManInTheMac]

40. That made me LOL out loud. n/t (no text)

[Occam Bandage]

42. Oh, my God. I've always wondered what the fuck OMG and WTF meant, too.

I've kind of wondered about BBQ, too. Maybe I can ask one of my neighbors at the barbecue I'll be hosting tomorrow night.

[rcrush]

30. My affliction warlock beats your rogue with only dots

PWNED