Owned

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"Owned" (often typed in leet speak among gamers) is an internet slang word used commonly in gaming circles to acknowledge a form of superiority through the downfall of another group, be it another gaming clan, or a single user. This can be in the context of winning an online game, a debate on a forum, or attaining a successful hacking, as well as the signature to a rebuttal, such as "You got 0wned!" to announce the defeat of another user on the internet in the form of a debate or flame war. It signifies screwing up and humiliation, often through the dominance or superiority of another party. Usually, the term is used to express dominance in a negative sense, proclaiming better skill than the opponent for purposes of killing them. "Owned" can be used as both a verb (to "own") and noun ("ownage").

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  • A player who repeatedly beats their opponent in online computer games, may claim they have "owned" him or her.
  • A player in a single match that has been killed in a way that is deemed to have taken a large amount of skill, but mostly luck (though players with a high amount of skill or experience can pull off more difficult moves) it is said that the opponent who is killed, "got owned".
  • There are military examples of similar sentiments being expressed by a victorious party. [citation needed]
  • A player who dominates another team, or consistently maintains a better Kill to Death Ratio, is said to "own" at games, or have "owned" the game.
  • To be made a fool of; To make a fool of; To confound or prove wrong; embarrassing someone: Being embarrassed.
  • The term "owned" became very common in the early days of Ultima Online, which was made available for general release in 1997.
  • In the context of computer Hacking, Owned refers to the compromise of confidential computer systems, computers, or networks. (eg, I "ownz0r ju0r b0x0rs"), there is also another form of owned such as "y0u g0t 0wn3d". This is especially used when the compromise is so complete that the cracker can do as much or more than the computer's legal owner, and as such is perhaps a secondary etymological root of the term.
  • When a highscore is very hard to beat and the highscorer is 'cocky' (E.G. you guys got served!), owned may be used to get at that particular person.
  • Used in a sentence: "YOU GOT OWNED" or "MAXIMUM OWNAGE" or "l0l Cor got totally owned by Divine Forces!!"

[edit] Leetspeek Derivatives

Because of its popularity among leetspeekers, "owned" has taken on a number of derivatives:

  • 0wn3d (owned)
  • 0\/\/ned (owned)
  • Own3d (owned)
  • 0wn4g3 (ownage)
  • Pwned (owned)
  • pwnage (ownage)
  • pwn4g3 (ownage))
  • pwnt (owned)

[edit] Common usage among students

0wned, and/or 0wnage are commonly becoming more popular with secondary and university students (particularly gaming student), After a practical joke is made.

[edit] Other usages

A widely used Day of Defeat: Source tag, "sprayed" over opponents that have been "owned". The use of sprays is a graphical display of one player's feelings of "ownage," or having "owned" an enemy.
A widely used Day of Defeat: Source tag, "sprayed" over opponents that have been "owned". The use of sprays is a graphical display of one player's feelings of "ownage," or having "owned" an enemy.
  • "Owned" is also commonly used in a context when one person has decisively finished an argument and the other arguing party(ies) are at complete lack of words.
  • "Owned" can also be used to signify self-contradiction, when someone has been injured in a comical/funny way, or when someone has fallen victim to a practical joke.
    • For example, someone may be "owned" if they base their knowledge on a source, but then are contradicted by the very source on which they 'based' their knowledge upon.
  • "Owned" is most commonly used in England to signify being outwitted by a person or object in a usually competitive situation.
  • "Owned" can also be used to signify being defeated in a way that shows dominance, by a person in reality and in internet gaming, (e.g. if someone talking about someone behind their back is confronted, and knocked out in one punch it could be said they just got "owned" by their opponent.) As said is most often used in internet gaming, as a form of insult.
  • "Pwned" or "Pwnt" or "P0wned" or the more recent Twned, have the same meanings as "Owned" but are generally used as a more aggressive expressions.
  • "Pwnage" or "Ownage" also tends to be used to signify that something is awesome. Proper usage: "Your wings are utter PWNAGE! I so wish I had them!"
  • Another common use is "Owned in the face" or "Pwned in the face," which roughly is "[a] term used in most online games meaning to get killed an extensive amount and not killing the other player."[1]

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