Re: "Owned"

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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?

I heard it just yesterday, and used inaccurately. 

The idea is that one side controls the other like a slaveowner owns
his slave.  It's not about defeating them, but about controlling them.
The one follows the other, but that should be all that's meant.

I think it's been used in sports for a decade or more, where
inaccuracies aren't as important afaic.

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