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iPhowned 

verb, iphown, iphowned, iphowning

1. Refers to the incident that occurs when the auto correct feature on an iPhone, or any other smart phone, changes an ordinary word or words, to an offensive or embarrassing word or phrase.

Although this can happen on any type of cell phone or smart phone, it has been most publicized on the iPhone, hence the reference to the iPhone in the pronunciation.
"Yesterday I totally got iPhowned when my phone auto corrected Anne's name to "anus." I got like forty-five minutes less sex because I had to explain how that happened."
iPhowned by Badharlot December 30, 2011
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iPhowned 

To have your iPhone taxed by someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to play tap-tap, access facebook or another of the iPhone's various 'apps'.
Man, I totally just iPhowned you but what's your PIN-Code, I wanna play tap-tap!
iPhowned by ScolloP November 16, 2009
Getting suckered in $200 (or cheated) by Apple Inc. (AAPL) for buying a device thats for $599 when 68 days later the price was dropped to $399 (a 33% price drop).
June 29th, 2007
guywithiphone: "so i got the iphone today"
guywithiphone's friend: "oh nice!~"

Sept 5th, 2007
guywithiphone: "OMFG! WHY DID APPLE DROP THE PRICE BY $200?!?!"
guywithiphone's friend: "doode, you just got iPhownd
iPhownd by George Pikmin December 9, 2008
Someone who bought something very expensive with high hopes, only to find out it's completely worthless.
Person 1:I just bought an I-phone, but I need to activate it through my service provider or else it wont turn on!
Person 2: LOL! You just got i-phowned.
I-Phowned by Paul Ash August 3, 2007
1) An adjective describing the status of a dropped call victim who was just disconnected from an iPhone user while that user's iPhone displayed full bars and was in a known area of good reception, yet still inexplicably dropped the call. 2) An adjective describing the status of a dropped call victim whose connection is lost under circumstances where 99% of all other phones would have maintained a connection.
During a lengthy conversation Johnny's iPhone suddenly dropped his call to LeeAnne, Johnny called her back stating "Sorry, you got iPhoned."
iPhoned by TreesThere May 28, 2009
When the auto-correct feature on your iPod Touch or iPhone tries to correct your spelling, but instead changes it to words that just dont make sense with what you're typing.
Greg: Hey man whats up?

Thomas: hey man ill text you brother im at week.

i mean text you later im at work fucking iphone just ipowned me.
Ipowned by Triviumofbodom October 12, 2010