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Noun form of the verb 'to pwn'
e.g. If a football team loses 8 - 0, they are said to have been pwned, or alternatively, to have experienced PWNAGE
pwnage by Jmouni January 17, 2009
Pwnage is used to decribe superiority over someone or something, usually used in internet gaming.

Pwnage is from the root "word" pwn, originated when the map designer of Warcraft was spectating a match. The player lost to a computer character, so the map designer tried to type, "You got owned," but mistyped it, saying instead, "You got pwned." In other words, the word originated from a complete and total typo.
(After killing something in games without trying) PWNAGE

(After getting killed) That was pwnage.
pwnage by Seiichiro Watari April 27, 2006
A word meaning to pwn (own or totally destroy) the apposing player/team. It is used in various phrases before/during/after counter-strike games.
Let the pwnage begin!
Did you see that pwnage!
PWNAGE!!
Omfg what pwnage!!!
They have just experience pwnage.
pWnage by [JMNS] $h0rtY May 11, 2003
While most people (gamers or otherwise) believe this word to be a typo of the word "ownage" there is another belief that it stands for "perfect ownage" just like "pwn" is "perfectly own."
Of course, this was probably made up afterwards.

Related: Plwn, Plwnage. A build on the classic "Perfectly own" by turning it into "Perfectly Legally Own." This is important because sometimes, when one is pwned, they will become indignant and claim that cheating was involved. No cheating can exist if they were plwned, though.

Only a few documented cases have existed, mainly because they were all within a few minutes of one another. Sadly, this is not a typo, but actually a misspoken version of Pwn. The individual who spoke this' name will not be disclosed, because he/she is very close to me.
"w00t, double pwnage!"
"colossal pwnage!'
"i subjected him to my godlike pwnage"

Gamer1: Ha! Plwned!
Gamer2: WTF Nuh uh you cheated I saw you n00b!11
Gamer2: Tsch, no, that was perfectly legal pwnage.
Pwnage by Scez August 8, 2005
To totally pwn, or be better than, someone.
Total pwnage dude, because I pwn j00!
pwnage by oJf March 10, 2005
the lamest word in the english language that describes a nerds online dominance over another nerd.
that was uberpwnage!-Stan Marsh
pwnage by acohlmia October 14, 2006