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PostPosted: 23 Jan 2008, 22:33
by dolphage
"geek talk"?
Did you just own ME?
I´m confused... (in a good way)

PostPosted: 24 Jan 2008, 00:15
by Jox
The_Canadian wrote:Owned is geek talk for "major ass kicking"

Pwned is a former typo of Ownd which has developed into the geek talk for "Ultimate ass kicking"

Example: Dolph kicks a guy in the face: "Dolph just owned that guy!"
Dolph puts a shotgun point blank to a guy's face and pull's the trigger: "Dolph just pwned that guy!"

This has been your Otaku lesson for today... next time: what the hell does Otaku mean?

I know what an Otaku is, and I have learned quite some geeky lingo when I was in LA for 2 years but have never heard of that ("owned" maybe but "pwned"?!... that really sounds retarded :) ...)

PostPosted: 24 Jan 2008, 10:21
by The_Canadian
Like I said, it was originally a typo... something to do with WoW, and it just sort of took off I guess.

PostPosted: 24 Jan 2008, 18:44
by dolphage
The_Canadian wrote: next time: what the hell does Otaku mean?

I know what an Otaku is

Pwned

PostPosted: 24 Jan 2008, 18:46
by dolphage
i´m just messin´ around...
I heard the same story about the origins of "pwned" as the Canadian, except that it started in Counter Strike.
I´ll Wiki it right now.

PostPosted: 24 Jan 2008, 18:50
by dolphage
Wikipedia has a different origin story...
And has therefor pwned both me and the Canadian.

PostPosted: 24 Jan 2008, 18:50
by dolphage
I´m going to stop replying to my own messages anytime now.