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I have heard this word allot, especially in the UK but I don't know where it has come from. Some guy might have just been in a shed and had made it up or someone might have been coding a video game and made it up. I don't know, LoL, so what is the truth behind 'pwned?'

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I've heard it came from World of Warcraft players typing "pwned" instead of "owned" when trying to type fast.

answered Sep 26 '10 at 15:57

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ah yeh, thats it, i remeber now :L racknig brain over

(Sep 26 '10 at 15:59) Tim Fontana Tim%20Fontana's gravatar image
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Oh yeah I remember correct answer sir!!

(Sep 26 '10 at 16:00) Danish Danish's gravatar image

It got answered while I was typing my answer. WoW that was quick.

(Sep 26 '10 at 16:02) Feras Feras's gravatar image

Why, thank you. xD

(Sep 26 '10 at 16:02) Justin Justin's gravatar image

I think it came from when people used to write own or owned they would accidentally type the letter P instead of O as they are next to each other on the keyboard.

answered Sep 26 '10 at 16:01

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As it means to own you and as such people used to say 'owned', it's basically just the leet way of saying owned, pwn means to compromise or control in hacker jargon. So I pwned you, I owned you.

That was a wikipedia lift, my deepest apologies.

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

answered Sep 26 '10 at 16:02

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