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1: Losing badly at something

2: l337 (online) slang for 'owned'

3: The mis-spelling of 'owned'

4: Getting showed up/embarressed in a public event by someone/something
Example for 1:
Ryan loses to Brian
Brian: "Hahaha, you got PWN3D!"

Example for 2:
"omfg d00d i pwn3d him cuz i r r0xx0rzz"

Example for 3:
"And then I pwn3d him at Halo"
"Whoops, I mean owned"

Example for 4:
Person A: "I spent a long time writing the entire script to Harry Potter"
Person B: "Yeah, I downloaded it off the internet too"
Person C: "PWN3D!"
pwn3d by Sam Harrison January 8, 2004
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When one nerd claims superiority over another.
Eugene: I've never got it on with a girl, I own you.

Poindexter: oh yeah? Well I've never even spoken to a girl, but have 50GB of tentacle rape pr0n on my C:\ and have every star trek episode on DVD

Eugene: omg you rule

Poindexter: omg wtf j00 pwn3DD!!!1
pwn3d by Kung-fu Jesus July 28, 2004
Originating from the word "owned", the word later took on the 1337 variation 0wn3d. Because this was primarily used as a cry of victory or supremacy in first person shooter games online, typos occured, the most common involved missing the "o" key and hitting the "p" key. This stuck, leaving us with the words pwn, pwn4g3, and pwn3d
Dude, 3 head shots in a row, you just got pwn3d.
pwn3d by John Wells November 22, 2004

pwn3dchoo 

to beat/kill someone who is statically better than you used in an online game
Pwn3dchoo all n00bs!!! Thought you were 1337? well I just pwn3dchoo.
pwn3dchoo by Louie XIX Reyes November 19, 2005
The result of a person pouncing on an unsuspecting victim, accidentally causing bodily harm.
Guy 1: What happened to Rick?
Guy 2: While he wasn't looking, his girlfriend pounced on him, and he fell and broke his ribs.
Guy 1: Ooph, he got pwnced.
pwnced by cdizzub January 13, 2009
The act of being badly defeated at video games or various sports. The term originally derived from the "1337" language which was created by nerds who were good at video games and nothing else. The term was then brought off the internet and various online games and into the light of the outside world where normal people picked up on the new word and started to use it. This term is now used across the United States and other English speaking nations. The word was first owned, then turned to own3d by a minorly clever gamer, and then turned to pwn3d with the accidental pressing over the P key instead of the O key as a result of typing too fast.
Guy #1) I was beaten 6-0, 6-0 in my tennis match last night.
Guy #2) You got freaking PWN3D!
pwn3d by Xakaryus December 31, 2006
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