Why do people say Pwn???

[FFactory0x]

I understand like if someone uses ROFL or other variations cause its a long saying, but why do people insist on using the extremely non heterosexual term of "PWN"
I mean i guess it is kind of hard to hit the o instead of the p



Thanks bud. Almost forgot Teh. Its really dumb

 

[Jack Ryan]

that is so funny, and yes I am curious as well.

 

[geno]

'cus it's teh funnay!! har har har!!!

 

[DnetMHZ]

Just to dilute the gene pool that much more..

 

[Ausm]

Gives them a little woody...


Ausm

 

[spacejamz]

maybe we can thank the younger illiterate generation who thinks it is cool to slaugher the english language...

how hard is it to spell the word 'the'???

/puts on flame suit

 

[edro]

Why do people type "b7"? It's intarweb evolution at it's greatest!

 

[Glitchny]

IIRC its from a typo in warcraft, got this definition from a slang dictonary

pwned: Past tense. To have seized complete control over something or someone. To
render a victim completely helpless and at the absolute mercy of the victor.
It's origin comes from the word owned commonly used in hacker speak to
represent complete ownership of a hacked computer system or defacement of a
Website. The variation of spelling (from owned to pwned) is thought to have
occurred do typing errors in certain online games. On a computer keyboard
the letter p is close in proximity to the letter o , so pwned became a common misspelling. New online gamers seeing this misspelling simply adopted
it as the true word for owned.


Example: I pwned you when I took first place in the competition.

Variations: owned, ownz

 

[FFactory0x]

/FLAME SUIT ON. ALL POWER REROUTED TO FRONT SHIELDS

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: FFactory0x
/FLAME SUIT ON. ALL POWER REROUTED TO FRONT SHIELDS

^^ nerd_status++

 

[FFactory0x]

^^ nerd_status++++++++++++++++++++++++++++_loves_the_schneaty

 

[moshquerade]

it's keyboardslip speak

 

[rh71]

p3rc3iv3d l33tn355.

 

[ElFenix]

someone misspelled 'own' on a starcraft map

 

[Ricochet]

Like Glitchny said, it came from the original Warcraft game. Unless someone can think of something earlier, I'll stick to that.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

omgwtfbbqroflcannonaslpics?

- M4H

 

[onza]

it basically comes from gaming..

e-thug speak.

 

[Doboji]

all your base....

 

[rudder]

OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!11one

 

[SithSolo1]

BEST THREAD EVER

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

ß?©àû§? ît màk?§ th?m §??m ©ØØl.

 

[SP33Demon]

examples of use: "I pwned her with the Donkey Punch." variations: pwnage, pwnz, pwnt, pwned, pwnz0rrz, and last but not least, pwner.

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: Doboji
all your base....

are belong to us

 

[bleeb]

I always thought it was a combo-multi-player of Pr0n + Owned = pwned

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
ß?©àû§? ît màk?§ th?m §??m ©ØØl.

t3h l33tn3ss!!!