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A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.
"Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned."

OR

"That team totally pwned us."
pwned by Daniel Rivera April 11, 2003
Related Words

pistol pwned 

1. When you play an FPS and you, with your pistol, dominate an opponent who has a much more powerful weapon.

2. Bashing to death a player with your pistol.
<Player 1> (pistol kills) <Player 2>
<player 1>: Oh snap! Pistol pwned you!
pistol pwned by mchesney August 29, 2006

omega pwned 

when the pwnage has reached such an extent that one cannot be pwned any more. the ultimate and final pwn.
guy 1: did you see joe?

guy 2: no, why?

guy 1: well, he went in to get his appendix removed and they got him confused with the transexual. now his outie is an in.

guy 2: omega pwned.
omega pwned by holly molly August 19, 2006
Tense of pwn.

An internet chat language variety/version of the word "owned", used in the sence of beating/defeating/outclassing someone. Usually used in games such as Counter-strike or on messageboards when a user posts arguments or insults that can't possibly be counter-argued.

Arguably considered so-called "l33t-speak"
"I pwnd you that round" "You just got pwnd dude" "I am going to pwn you like I did your mother last night"
pwnd by Anton May 11, 2003
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

Pwned by a Chick 

To completely fail as a man in either terms of video games, driving, BBQing, or any other event that a real MAN would never lose to a chick.
Me: F**k that guy can out drift me any day.. Friend: you know that's a chick driving right? Me: BULLSHIT!!!! Friend: How does it feel to be pwned by a chick!?!