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PWN!, pawn or poon?
magicfann
post Apr 26 2006, 08:16 PM
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omg smoogrish is 1337, and i put leet sauce on my dumplings

and i say ksharp for president

gg i win the thread andie close please

QUOTE(Smoogrish @ Apr 25 2006, 5:31 PM) *
"pwn" - to "own" or basically, to show someone up. I think it came from when someone made a typo and typed a p instead of an o.


its rumored to have been started when a player in a warcraft 3 beta server typed "pwn" instead of "own" because of hte promiximity of the p and o keys on a qwerty keyboard

another story is that since "p" is right after "o" to "pwn" some1 is to take "own" a step further =)

gg nerd boy wins
 
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post Apr 26 2006, 08:21 PM
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You mean nerd boy doesn't win. Andie always wins.
 
*Blow_Don't_SUCK*
post Apr 26 2006, 08:25 PM
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I thought people used pwn to stand for Pure Ownage pinch.gif
 
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post Apr 26 2006, 08:28 PM
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QUOTE(DaToNeViEtBoI916 @ Apr 26 2006, 6:00 PM) *
yeah, i just can't think of the game that started it...

Yeah, me neither. Best guys is way back when CS first started.
 
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post Apr 26 2006, 08:31 PM
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Kevin pick up your phone. Someone just mentioned that it started in Warcraft 3
 
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post Apr 26 2006, 08:33 PM
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Didn't you just read what I wrote?
 
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post Apr 26 2006, 09:16 PM
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Poon's a last name, my friend's last name that is.
I say pawn.
 
x__rilind
post Apr 26 2006, 09:35 PM
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pown... since yeah it comes from 'own' and all...

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post Apr 27 2006, 12:00 AM
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QUOTE(rilind @ Apr 26 2006, 7:35 PM) *
pown... since yeah it comes from 'own' and all...

>rilind

me too. i just say "own" with a p in front.
 
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post Apr 27 2006, 12:49 AM
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QUOTE(DaToNeViEtBoI916 @ Apr 26 2006, 9:00 PM) *
yeah, i just can't think of the game that started it...

It likely started as thing on IRC. "Own" has long been an IRC terming for breaking into another person's computer and making oneself an admin (thus "owning" the computer, for all intents and purposes).
 
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post Apr 27 2006, 01:32 AM
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i say p + own . pown
 
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post Apr 27 2006, 01:38 AM
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pwn

and to Janette
you don't own us all
you just own our prettyful faces.
 

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