n. pawn
1. Something given as security for a loan; a pledge or guaranty.
2. The condition of being held as a pledge against the payment of a loan: jewels in pawn.
3. A person serving as security; a hostage.
4. The act of pawning.
tr.v. pawned, pawn·ing, pawns
1. To give or deposit (personal property) as security for the payment of
money borrowed.
2. To risk; hazard: pawn one's honor.
Those are the proper definitions.
Now for Pawnage itself:
Defined as,
- A chess piece of lowest value that
may move forward one
square at a
time or
two squares in the first move, capture other pieces only on a one-space diagonal forward move, and be promoted to any piece other than a
king upon reaching the eighth
rank.
- A person or an entity used to further the purposes of another
In the second example, we can see how the idea of "Pawnage" can be used as a legitimate meaning behind "Pawned", "Pwned", or otherwise. Those whom you own contribute to your score in games, your social status in person, or whatever else you can apply it to. Thus, you'
re using someone as a pawn for your overall benefit.
"I went to the Pawn Shop to pawn my jewelery."
"I pawned this
guy on CS:S."
"You are actually more elite if you've used pawn instead of
pwn for the reasons behind my (the, actually)
definition."