[GCFL-discuss] Morning in America

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Fri Nov 7 21:02:47 CST 2008


That would make sense if "pwned" were a short form for "pawned." But no
lawyers are going to own me, no matter how many computers they have.

Siarlys

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 21:43:06 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> writes:
> pwned (or pwnd as Lance spelled it) defined for those of us not 
> in-the-know:
> 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."
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwned
> 
> Jeanene
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> I concur... The next 4 years could very well become a very scary 
> time... 
> Especially if any Supreme Court Justices decide to retire... We will 
> be 
> truly pwnd...
> I just hope the Democrats didn't overwhelm Congress, else the Nation 
> just 
> handed them a blank check and that's scary.
> ~Lance 
> 
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