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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 5:27pmSanction this postReply
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What does "pwned" mean?  Is that p.w.n.-ed? probably-will-notted, or something else?


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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 6:01pmSanction this postReply
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Here is the video referenced in the thread's title:



BONUS:

Here, another Obama apologist is stumped by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. (I watched this live this morning...this was also a satisfying encounter.... :-)





(Edited by Erica Schulz on 10/29, 6:04pm)


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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 6:20pmSanction this postReply
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Pwned again!

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 6:31pmSanction this postReply
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Some polls put the race neck-and-neck. The best kind of surprise is a November Surprise.

Pwned to keyboarding geeks means owned in the sense of dominated or wiped out. As in "Kolker got pwned."

(Edited by Rodney Rawlings on 10/29, 6:42pm)


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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 9:01pmSanction this postReply
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Found this online:

What is 'pwned'?

It can be pronounced as "owned" or as "poned", with both pronunciations being correct. In some cases, you will even hear it pronounced as "pawned". "Pwned" means "to be controlled against your will", or "to be defeated by a superior power". You might also hear the expression, "pwnage", which is the noun version of "being pwned".

This "pwn" expression originated in the 1980's from the word "owned". It was used to describe when a hacker would take remote control of a server or another computer. With today's MMO games (massive multiplayer online games), the term "pwned" has now became a way to gloat in one's victory over another player. Conversely, pwned is an expressive way to say that you yourself have been defeated by another player.




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Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 3:18amSanction this postReply
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Michael -

"Pwned" was famously used in one the best South Park episodes ever: "Make Love, not Warcraft."


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Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 8:04amSanction this postReply
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You guys are n00bs.

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