n. pawn
1. Something given as security for a loan; a pledge or guaranty.
2. The condition of being held as a pledge against the payment of a loan: jewels in pawn.
3. A person serving as security; a hostage.
4. The act of pawning.
tr.v. pawned, pawn·ing, pawns
1. To give or deposit (personal property) as security for the payment of money borrowed.
2. To risk; hazard: pawn one's
honor.
Those are the proper definitions.
Now for Pawnage itself:
Defined as,
- A chess piece of lowest value that
may move forward one
square at a time or
two squares in the first move, capture other pieces only on a one-space diagonal forward move, and be promoted to any piece other than a
king upon reaching the eighth
rank.
- A person or an entity used to further the purposes of another
In the second example, we can see how the idea of "Pawnage" can be used as a legitimate meaning behind "Pawned", "
Pwned", or otherwise. Those whom you own contribute to your score in games, your social status in person, or
whatever else you can apply it to. Thus, you're using someone as a pawn for your overall benefit.
"I went to the Pawn Shop to pawn my jewelery."
"I pawned this
guy on
CS:S."
"You are actually more elite if you've used pawn instead of pwn for the reasons behind my (the, actually)
definition."