Owned

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Owned 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 defeat and humiliation, often through the dominance or superiority of another party. For example, a player who repeatedly beats his opponent in online computer games, may claim he has "owned" him. There are military examples of similar sentiments being expressed by a victorious party.

Origins

The slang use of the term originated in computer security, as a slang term for a computer system having full control, figuratively "ownership", compromised. "I own your computer". The origins of "owned" and similar expressions (own3d, 0wned, pwned, pwnd, pwn3d etc.) cannot be traced back to any single person. But the term most likely started in gaming to signify that one player was/is better than another (i.e. "I owned you!").

Other Examples and Usages

"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.

The term has resulted in a host of pictures showing 'ownage'. Popular ones include:

A popular Internet forum site "www.theownage.name"...

• A woman getting kicked in the face Note that the man says, "PWNT!" This also means owned but in gamer talk or leet or 1337.
• A screaming child on a hood of a driving car.
• A cat skipping through a field of flowers, onto a land mine.
• A toddler having scribbled on a baby's face with marker pen.
• A child screaming while being given a shot.
• A Mickey Mouse scaring a child. [1] Other images (such as Domo-kun) have also been used as replacements ([2] and [3]).
• A field goal kicker kicking an opposing player in the testicles.

References

• Template:Cite news Usage in security-compromise context.
• Template:Cite news USENET posting with usage in security-compromise context.

External links

• RateMyOwnage.com - Rating site of "Ownage" pictures
• JustGotOwned.com - Aninote.com's "Just Got Owned" dynamic animated note
• Owned Gallery - ForumsPile's "Owned" gallery
• Owned.com - Fairly new owned gallery, with pictures and videos
• Embossed-Net - popular teen forum
• Ownage.nl - Dutch Videogamessite

See also

• pwn
• leet
• AGDloverde:Computerspieler-Jargon

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