a common typo of owned that is used in the same way, or more sarcasticly to mock 1337 speak. If you think pwned can be attributed to a single source you are retarded.
retard1: pwned originated with quake retard2 no it started with warcraft nonretard: Its a fucking typo, like 'teh'or 'pron'. I you were older than 11 you'd know typos happened even before 1337 made tham 'cool'. otherguy:you faggots just got pwned!
By pwner
Pwned means to completely dominate the opposition, or impose a humiliating defeat on the enemy. This term is used mostly in online games. Pwned originates from a game of Counter-Strike, around Christmas day in 2002, in which a player was eating while playing at a party, and faced off against the last remaining enemy by himself. After winning, he typed with one-hand the word "owned", which ended as a mistype, with the "p" replacing the letter "o" (P and O are next to each other on the QWERTY keyboard). Instead of correcting the mistake, other players started using it, which soon spread to popular games, like Starcraft I and Warcraft III.
*Player 1 shoots Player 2 Player 1: You just got pwned Player 3: pwned? Player 1: pwned as in pawned. Player 4: PWNED! Player 5: pwned Player 1: pwnt! *Player 8 joined the game Player 9: pwned Player 8: does pwned mean pistol owned? Player 1: lol
By Sparkymon
1. The domination of a person, place or thing 2. An epic win over someone else 3. A crushing of someone else's talent or belief.
Joe: Hey little girl I bet I can beat you and one on one basketball. Little Girl: Okay let's play.... The little girl beats Joe really badly. Joe has just gotten pwned by the little girl.
By that's good
Created in 1972 by the 3rd SOG (Special Operations Group) when a Lt. Colonel Hank Munro shot a Vietnamese sentry with a Mk22 Hush Puppy. Due to the tension at the time, he inadvertantly said "pwned" instead of "Delta, move in and eliminate all hostiles." The subsequent death of Lt. Col. Munro as he charged a heavily fortified position lead to the term "pwned" being adopted as short-hand for "that dumbass just got his ass whupped in a helluva funny way."
"Did you see that car crash where 27 people died after someone swerved to avoid a cat?" "PWNED."
By Sledge Sparrow
How retards say 'owned.'
mAn +HoS3 DuD3z +0+@lLy PwNed U$ lolololololololololz
By DrHighScore