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the past tense of the acronym CHOWN, meaning to change ownership in the world of computer files and geeks
After disconnecting and logging, a description file is written, both files will be chown'ed to the right user and the recorded message will be mailed to him/her.
chown'ed by Sean August 10, 2004
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John Chow'ed 

When Google completely owns you, and you don't rank for anything on Google besides your domain.
Dude: "I had 100 results in Google last week, and now I have 0"

Dude2: "lol, you got John Chow'ed"
John Chow'ed by Imgtags June 15, 2008
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sex ed clown 

Lanky Kong's current job.
Give creepy lectures with penis and vulva puppets.
$64,439 per year
He earned a degree in a college town and decided to work as a sex ed clown. Now he has a penis puppet and a vulva puppet too. And he'll give a creepy lecture just for you
sex ed clown by Urban Wildlife November 29, 2023
what the fuck are you guys talking about, chowned is a clever combination of chown (the unix command) and owned (the lol-maker). they both share 3 letters chOWNed so that makes it clever. someone please remove the other definitions from the dictionary because they are ludicous and offensive. also, dongs.
lol chowned, dick...
chowned by aichains September 13, 2008
To change ownership. Usable in any situation where someone or something loses possession to someone or something else. When the act occurs, someone exclaims "chowned!" loudly accompanied by snapping fingers, then pointing in a taunting fashion, often at the person or thing being chowned.
He chowned the apartment building jacuzzi last night when that chick made him jizz in it unexpectedly. Its his now.
chowned by jupdog October 7, 2009
Dude, my sister's boyfriend got totally Chowned last month.
chowned by Chowned May 13, 2007
To be purposely killed by a teammate in an online game (teamkilled).
Damn, last night we were getting totally Chowned in Counterstrike by some jerk dropping grenades at our spawn point. Felt like being on the Virginia Tech server.
chowned by Chowned May 13, 2007
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