OK, I get "moran", "series", and "HUGH", but what the hell does "pwn3d" mean?

[11 Bravo]

Looking at my keyboard and examining the context in which it is used here, I can guess that it might be a freeper spelling of "owned", but I'm not 100% sure. Is that correct, or is it something else?

on edit: Not only do I not know what it means, I also typed it wrong!

[devilgrrl]

1. I wondered that myself, here's a helpful link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWNED

[aquart]

2. Never mind what it means. How is it PRONOUNCED?

[skids]

8. Like: OOOOOOHAHAHA OOOOOooooOOOOWWWNNNnnnnDuh!

[ramblin_dave]

3. Also this

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pw3nd

pw3nd = owned

[Sugar Smack]

4. No, you're right, LOL

And it's mostly based on physical humor, IE head-first dive into garbage truck.

[Mabus]

5. Don't forget the newest addition: "screwn"

as in "we are screwn" from a freeper post that was reposted on DU.

[Whoa_Nelly]

16. And hate mongrels!

From a recent RW FReep-type C-SPAN caller regarding the Dems after the 11/7 election

Hate mongrels!

Am sure Mabus' is NOT a Hate Mongrel!

[Mabus]

24. LOL

And, no, I'm not trying to channel the Big Giant Head.

Nope, it's a playful but very knowledgable pup who's willing to hear all sides. It wears the bubble to help filter out bullshit. And, in times like this when there's a lot of shit hitting the fan, the BS is flying and freeper heads exploding, it doubles as protective headgear. It's a dangerous world out there.

[NMDemDist2]

6. when someone tells ya, let's add it to the DU Glossery eh?

here's the urban dictionary entry

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pw3nd

[sam sarrha]

13. havent seen anything that stupid sense 'Val Speak' gagmewithaspoon

[Frosty1]

22. Where is it?

I've been trying to find a glossary. Where is it?

[mcscajun]

25. The DU Glossary is part of the Research Forum

You'll find it here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Right on--except that the spelling comes from gaming,

not FReeperville. "O" & "P" are right next to each other on the keyboard, I suppose the 3 gets in there from its proximity to W. Check out WIKI for the full story. (That's how I know the little I do about the topic).

[parasim]

11. actually, "3" replaces the letter "E" in l33tspeak

... otherwise, your explanation is right, it comes from geeksters becoming a bit too anxious while pounding out their diatribes.

[sam sarrha]

15. sounds more line Tweekers.. smok'n Ice

[TahitiNut]

14. The '3' is '1337-ish for 'E'.

1ee7 = LEET (elite) ... skript-kiddy pretentiousness.

[kenny blankenship]

9. He who has been pwn3d is now screwn

and having been hoisted on his pwn retard, is called a hugh11 moran by his fellows!

[Rick Myers]

10. pwned! in action on the YouTubes

Several funny clips, the word originated with online gamers!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UDsdvjKRmfM&mode=related&sea...

[Warren Stupidity]

12. l33t

IM spawned its own little language known as l33t.

or:

1M 5p4wn3d 175 0wn |177|3 |4n6u463 kn0wn 45 |337.

(http://home.no.net/hellshl/main/translate.html )

[TahitiNut]

19. It goes way back to segmented numerical LCD displays ...

... and programmers doing their best to use such displays (on microcomputers in their infancy) to communicate error messages. Since then, it went from the professional to the prosumer/hobbyist to the hacker to the script-kiddies to the adolescents. So, just because it's seen in texting doesn't mean it started there. It's just pretentiously sub-cultural ... used by folks who think anything old that they find our about is something they invented. (Remember, every infant goes through the phase of thinking they're 'discovering' thngs for the first time.)

[Hippo_Tron]

17. It means that you beat someone really badly in a game or argument

People refer to beating someone as "owning them". This is shortened to "owned". This is changed in leetspeak to "pwnd" "pwned" or "pwn3d".

[Rex]

18. 'pwned' is one better than 'owning' someone.

At least that is what happens when I frag peeps online.

[hootinholler]

21. lol

It's cause the p and o keys are so close, when chatting especially in an online FPS game, pwned is a common mis-spelling of owned. It's actually morphed into the preferred apelling in some circles.

-Hoot

[951-Riverside]

20. Its what we did to the GOP on November 7th n/t

[Bluebear]

23. Urban dictionary: pwned >>>>

A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.

"Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned."

OR

"That team totally pwned us."

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