Re: "Owned"

[Tony Cooper <tony_cooper213@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:29:34 GMT, Michael DeBusk
<chinos6398@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>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 hacking into other
>people's computers on a network. Once you gain control of their
>computer, you can use it as if you own it.

I can't swear to this, but I'm sure that "We own you" was used by
(physical) games players long before computers and hackers were
around.  It might be said by one football player to another team's
player.


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Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL