The word pwned stems from a mistake that a programmer of warcraft 2 or 3.He meant to make an ai player say owned but he made it pwned because p and o are so close together on the qwerty keyboard.
by Magnethands February 23, 2009

*Person A dies from a sick ass trickshot*
Person B: You've just got pwned!!
Person A: wtrf nuh uh shut up
Person B: You've just got pwned!!
Person A: wtrf nuh uh shut up
by QKKorri :P April 19, 2025

Used to describe events where someone got completely "pwned". History and etiquette dictates that the "pwned" individual(s) should declare the "Pwned maybe" themselves, but any witness may label it.
Note : "Pwned maybe" is 100% interchangeable with the grammatically incorrect, but shorter, "Pwn maybe".
Note : "Pwned maybe" is 100% interchangeable with the grammatically incorrect, but shorter, "Pwn maybe".
Teammate A : "Wow, that duo took down the two of us at the exact same time. There was nothing we could have done."
Teammate B, in all chat : "Pwned maybe?"
Teammate B, in all chat : "Pwned maybe?"
by CourteousCrook May 31, 2022

the P is next to the O on a typical English keyboard, often online players trying to type "owned" will erroneously type "pwned." This phenomenon known as "pwned" is a mistake that was often typed in competitive games such as counter-strike pre 1.6, quake 3, unreal tournament among other FPS titles. At first players would ridicule those that would type "pwned" after defeating an opponent, eventually it became so common it became a meme.
by Dr.Christmas March 23, 2017

'Pwned' a phrase founded by anonymous official. Meaning you were fully hacked and they are in full control. By J
by Pwnmachine June 25, 2020

luke hemmings’ own language <3
by h 💘 September 24, 2021

by Lawlcatz0rz October 16, 2008
