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1: Losing badly at something

2: l337 (online) slang for 'owned'

3: The mis-spelling of 'owned'

4: Getting showed up/embarressed in a public event by someone/something
Example for 1:
Ryan loses to Brian
Brian: "Hahaha, you got PWN3D!"

Example for 2:
"omfg d00d i pwn3d him cuz i r r0xx0rzz"

Example for 3:
"And then I pwn3d him at Halo"
"Whoops, I mean owned"

Example for 4:
Person A: "I spent a long time writing the entire script to Harry Potter"
Person B: "Yeah, I downloaded it off the internet too"
Person C: "PWN3D!"
pwn3d by Sam Harrison January 8, 2004
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Comes from the language of 1337 or leet in which gamers describe another as a dominating opponent. It is also a form of the word owner where the attacker is Owning the other.
d00d, taht guy is a pwn3r. check him out hes gonna go pwn that guy in the fuxoring head. B00M HEAD SH0T!

Jack's head was turned into red jello.
pwn3r by (GW)FPS Doug July 16, 2008
When one nerd claims superiority over another.
Eugene: I've never got it on with a girl, I own you.

Poindexter: oh yeah? Well I've never even spoken to a girl, but have 50GB of tentacle rape pr0n on my C:\ and have every star trek episode on DVD

Eugene: omg you rule

Poindexter: omg wtf j00 pwn3DD!!!1
pwn3d by Kung-fu Jesus July 28, 2004
Originating from the word "owned", the word later took on the 1337 variation 0wn3d. Because this was primarily used as a cry of victory or supremacy in first person shooter games online, typos occured, the most common involved missing the "o" key and hitting the "p" key. This stuck, leaving us with the words pwn, pwn4g3, and pwn3d
Dude, 3 head shots in a row, you just got pwn3d.
pwn3d by John Wells November 22, 2004
To be Pwned alot. A person who is regularly, or always pwn'd at someone.
Commonly used to describe the person is the theme song to "My little Pony"
Pwn33 is also pronounced Ponee for those illiterate in the common 1337(leet) tounge used by many gamers worldwide
"Your such a Pwn33"
or
Older person," Your my little pwn33"
Pwn33 by Genecon October 23, 2007
To "own" someone else, to prove your superiority, to make a statement in which you completely cut someone up, a synonym of "owned" only better looking to type increasing the word's effect, Common internet slang.
This kid thought he could mess with me but he just got pwn3t!
pwn3t by templest December 31, 2003