It was my understanding that pwn mean you are "owning" them in like a winning way. Like instead of Saying "I just owned you" when you win at something, you say "I just pwned you."
Am I way off? Does it have a new meaning? I'm so far out of the loop these days.
It’s an intentional misspelling of “own”. The letter p is next to o on the keyboard. I think it was meant to mimic the frantic typing of a sweaty competitive trash talker.
That's my understanding too. And because people kind of like the sound of it, they might use it slightly more broadly than that - but not as broadly as 'rad' or 'sick' or even 'pog'. I was there for the rise and demise of 'pwn', and it definitely was never as widespread as pog is now.
It was my understanding that pwn mean you are "owning" them in like a winning way. Like instead of Saying "I just owned you" when you win at something, you say "I just pwned you."
Am I way off? Does it have a new meaning? I'm so far out of the loop these days.
It’s an intentional misspelling of “own”. The letter p is next to o on the keyboard. I think it was meant to mimic the frantic typing of a sweaty competitive trash talker.
That's my understanding too. And because people kind of like the sound of it, they might use it slightly more broadly than that - but not as broadly as 'rad' or 'sick' or even 'pog'. I was there for the rise and demise of 'pwn', and it definitely was never as widespread as pog is now.