Pronounced "pawned". A word to be used when describing a defeating occuance, when owned just doesn't cut it. More powerful than owned. Did not nesessarily start when an individual player misspelled it, but numerous players online kept overshooting the "O" on their keyboard and hit "P" instead.
"Dude, I totally got pwned by this haX0r last night playin C-Strike."
"Man, I totally pwned this nub last night, he was tryin to be 1337 like me"
"Man, I totally pwned this nub last night, he was tryin to be 1337 like me"
by Pirate.Guitar August 8, 2004

"Man, that man just got hit by six eighteen wheelers, eight cars, seven knights on horseback, and then hit with a mace. He got seriously pwned.
by the knave October 25, 2004

Player Owned. A more recently and upgraded version of 0wned. Acceptable in limited circumstances. Thought by many to be started in Starcraft, Still others believe it started in Quake, and a few people believe in started on Everquest.
once again i pwned you all
by Matt Seigel November 7, 2003

Pwned originated in Counter Strike when somebody was so ridiculosly owned that the guy stopped to type, "owned". But he was so dumbfounded by how hard he head raped this guy that he pressed "P" instead of "O". So pwned basically means so fucking owned its crazy and j00 g37 m4j0r1y 0wn3d s0 h4rd th4t 1t5 PWN3D.
Chris was walking down the street when all of a sudden a goose came up and chomped on his face. After this a shoeless jogger ran up to him, footsweeped him, then punched him in the stomach. The jogger then proceeded to scream "PWNED" as loud as he could in this mans face. After the incident the jogger continued on as if nothing had happened.
Sorry Chris, you got pwned.
Sorry Chris, you got pwned.
by Hamburger Legs September 14, 2005

It comes from the word owned misspelled. This is because the 'p' key is located next to the 'o' key on the key board. It refers to the act of defeating somebody or beating someone in a way.
by joeyisgay October 5, 2006

by Joe Schofield November 14, 2007

plain and simple- when someone gets fucked up/puts their foot in their mouth/just makes a cock of themselves.
lynn: quentin tarintino is a talentless director. kill bill is stupid
two weeks later
lynn: jackie brown! i love this movie!
shari: pwned!
two weeks later
lynn: jackie brown! i love this movie!
shari: pwned!
by checkers June 13, 2006
