what does pwned mean? is there such a word . is it a verb , is it a adverb or a predicate ?

[AllaN01Bear]

[Lochloosa]

1. To be "owned"

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwned

[Srkdqltr]

2. But what does "owned" mean in that context?

[malthaussen]

5. "Defeated," in the most humiliating fashion. n/t

[Arthur_Frain]

3. It's been way too long since I remember first seeing this

I think it has to do with the horrible spelling and syntax of the early video games Nintendo put out.

At one point in a fairly popular game when you lost, the screen faded to black, and the cryptic message “All your base are belong to us”. (You might have seen this too)

I think the word “pwned” was meant as you got “owned” and was just a simple typo, although I don’t know what game.

Back in the day, reading the owners manuals of all those electronics made in Japan bordered on a laugh riot. It was charmingly naive, in its own way.

[CrackityJones75]

10. It is from the chat bubble in online gaming.

Specifically FPS and Mmo’s

Like when one poster kills another they may type “You got PWNED!!!!!11!!!1!!”

[berniesandersmittens]

14. I miss the old days of Mario and Zelda...

Simple and yet so satisfying to beat each level. (And annoying to see "your princess is in another castle&quot

My whole family would take turns playing.

[Arthur_Frain]

16. I'm glad I finally tried Breath Of The Wild.

I really disliked what the 3D environment craze did to the Zelda games, so I figured BOTW was just another one of those. While there is that element to it (not going to get away from that these days) this version does have more in common with those old games than I expected.

Mostly though, I find video games have left me behind. Sad really, because for a very short time in the original Half Life multiplayer rooms, I was a King with just a crowbar.

[malthaussen]

4. Owned, defeated, to own, to defeat.

Adverb or verb. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwnd

Conjectured derivation here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/pwn-what-it-means-and-how-you-say-it

pp of pwn, but one rarely sees it in that form.

-- Mal

[Celerity]

6. in depth discussion

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/owned-pwned

[AllaN01Bear]

7. thanks to you whom responded to my question.

[LuvLoogie]

8. Owned with a tongue sticking out-- p

It's visual

[USALiberal]

9. Did you even try googling "what does pwned mean"???

[soothsayer]

11. It means all your base are belong to us

[Paladin]

12. Comes from a misspelling of "owned."

Urban Dictionary is your friend.

[Treefrog]

13. It's silly. I think it came from gaming.

People use because they think it sounds cool.

[panader0]

15. How is it pronounced?

[Treefrog]

18. I have never once used that word, so I can't say for sure.

I gather it rhymes with ‘owned’. Someone else might have better information.

[MineralMan]

19. I doubt it is ever pronounced, actually.

How is WTF pronounced?

[Treefrog]

20. Lol! THAT I have said aloud!

In both iterations!

[krispos42]

17. misspelling of "owned"

Usually to celebrate a victory in an on-line multiplayer game.

Those games often have live chats for people in the game to communicate to each other, and when you're typing fast, mistake become common. "O" and "P" are adjacent on the keyboard, thus "pwned".

He he he, it doesn't even come up as a misspelling in my browser!

Like any subset of communication, games messages have their own vernacular.