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phoned it in 

Being generally lazy with a task. Doing it half-assed instead of with your full ass.
Guy 1: Did you watch the last season of the O.C.?
Guy 2: It sucked.
Guy 1: Yeah, they really phoned it in on that one. They just kept killing people off and making up new characters.

Man 1: I phoned it in on work on friday. I basically did nothing all day but eat a sandwich.
phoned it in by JDtheReviewer January 6, 2008
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A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.
"Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned."

OR

"That team totally pwned us."
pwned by Daniel Rivera April 11, 2003

pistol pwned 

1. When you play an FPS and you, with your pistol, dominate an opponent who has a much more powerful weapon.

2. Bashing to death a player with your pistol.
<Player 1> (pistol kills) <Player 2>
<player 1>: Oh snap! Pistol pwned you!
pistol pwned by mchesney August 29, 2006

Phoned it in 

(verb) to have completed an action, especially giving a performance, while showing a minimum of effort.

Generally used to refer to performances that border on unprofessional. The intended audience would have been similarly disappointed if the person had delivered the performance by speakerphone, in order to spend more time on leisurely pursuits.
"Her song and dance routine at the music awards was horrible! She looked out of shape, she forgot half the words... she basically just phoned it in."
Phoned it in by Agent337 January 3, 2009
A variant of pwn3d, applicable only when someone gets pwn3d while being a douchebag.
That guy was being a total idiot and calling me out for no reason, but then I paoned him with an awesome comeback.
paoned by klod March 5, 2008

poned in the zoink 

When someone acts too smart and then gets burned subsequently
My girlfriend tried to prank me by scaring me, but I knew that she was going to so I crept up on her and scared her instead. She got poned in the zoink.