Urban Dictionary: bostowned

A massive overreaction by public officials to an otherwise harmless marketing campaign.

Did you hear about ATHF bomb scare? Yeah that city got totally bostowned.

by George Cilley February 02, 2007

To overreact and be made a fool of in front of the entire world for a trivial matter.

The city of Boston was "Bostowned" during the Mooninite overreaction of Jan. 31, 2007.

First used by Fark.com

by Paul Furfari February 02, 2007

To panic at the sight of an unkown object, and call out the bomb squad. A compound of owned and Boston.

I accidentally left my toolbox in the lobby and they called the bomb squad to detonate it. I was bostowned

by hampro February 02, 2007