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pwn

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[pohn, pawn, pee-ohn, -awn] / poʊn, pɔn, piˈoʊn, -ˈɔn /

verb (used with object)

  1. Slang. to totally defeat or dominate, especially in a video or computer game.

    You just got pwned!

    I pwned those guys in the end.


Etymology

Origin of pwn

1990–95; intentional misspelling of own (used in the same sense), probably from the common mistake of typing “p” instead of the adjacent “o” on a standard keyboard

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