There are many different definitions of pwned and where it came from, here is the real one.
It was invented to say "player Owned", it is only used when a human player is killed or lost a game. It was not invented by a WoW player.
It was invented to say "player Owned", it is only used when a human player is killed or lost a game. It was not invented by a WoW player.
by Scivi May 7, 2009

To be completely and totally dominated by an outside person/influence to the point of not even being able to put up a resistance.
Urban dictionary has been pwned by hackers who serve up malware and redirect attacks on mobile users Willy nilly with no consequences for their actions.
by Bryan6 May 2, 2018


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

by Lawlcatz0rz October 16, 2008

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

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
