Why do people say "pr0n" instead of "porn?"

[dmcowen674]

What is pwn? or pwned? or pwning? Is that another derative of pr0n?

 

[DanTMWTMP]

i always thought it was just a typo..... like "teh"....pron...and then the "0" in pr0n came along for l337 sake

 

[Kadarin]

It's a intarweb thing. Don't worry about it, and keep playing with teh pen0s.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: iloveme2
isn't this a repost?

Yes...repost

and

Here

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
What is pwn? or pwned? or pwning? Is that another derative of pr0n?

own, owned and owning


Confused

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
What is pwn? or pwned? or pwning? Is that another derative of pr0n?

it's a derivative of "owned"
eg... intarweb pwns j00

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: fatalbert
probably b/c the word porn was banned on some boards and it couldn't be posted so they used pr0n instead

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
It's a intarweb thing. Don't worry about it, and keep playing with teh pen0s.

Lmao, wr0d!

 

[Booster]

It's b/c porn is forbidden here. And even to pronounce the word is undesirable, though not strictly forbidden IMO.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: y2kc
The word pr0n originated in Sharky's forum a few years back. A poster one day mispelled porn (pron) and VinylDevo and the boys ran with it. It evolved into pr0n within days of the original post and it has spread like wild fire...

If by a few years you mean before the intarweb.... Well, back then it was just pron...pr0n is just some new variant.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Confused

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
What is pwn? or pwned? or pwning? Is that another derative of pr0n?

own, owned and owning


Confused

and what the heck is that supposed to actually mean??? Who bought when, why, where and how?

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Confused

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
What is pwn? or pwned? or pwning? Is that another derative of pr0n?

own, owned and owning


Confused

and what the heck is that supposed to actually mean??? Who bought when, why, where and how?

Getting caught with foot-in-mouth disease. Eating crow, to us older farts.

 

[guapo337]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I don't know about you, but "pr0n" is just as easy to type for me as "porn".

- M4H

i cant find the 0 very well.

 

[zeruty]

Anyone who thinks it originated from a forum is wrong.
It predates forums as we know them quite a bit.

It either originated from IRC, or newsgroups, I'm not sure.... maybe even dial-up bulletin boards?

and the variation of using 0 instead of o is NOT new, its been pr0n as long as I've known it

pr0n has been around almost as along as ub3r l33t sp34k t3kn1q has been

it started years ago with wanna be hackers, talking about being elite (for anyone with no sense of cyber-history)

 

[Vadatajs]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Because people are stupid.

 

[Daniel]

It's like saying "Going to prom", but slightly more stupid.

 

[LordMaul]

pr0n has been around almost as along as ub3r l33t sp34k t3kn1q has been

it started years ago with wanna be hackers, talking about being elite (for anyone with no sense of cyber-history)

1337 sp33k was not started to either look cool nor to get past language filters (FYI ).