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On 30 Dec 2006 21:15:45 -0800, Richard Fangnail
<richardfangnail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "owned" seems to be very recent slang for "was defeated by." Like,
> "the nazis got owned by the Russians." Where did this idiom come
> from?
Allegedly from losers who amuse themselves by into other
people's computers on a network. Once you gain control of their
computer, you can use it as if you own it.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=owned
To be "pwnd" is worse than to be "owned".
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwnd">http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwnd
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