[LMB] OT: AKICOTL - definitions wanted

Mark Allums mark at allums.com
Fri Jun 22 16:24:17 BST 2007


> At 11:50 PM 22/06/2007, PAT MATHEWS wrote:
>> I've seen a word, term, or acronym used I can't figure out from context:
>> "pwn" or "pwned". Does anyone here know what it means? I've seen it enough
>> to know it's not a typo, though it may have begun as one.

It's leetspeak, or |33t speak, as it is "spelled".  (leet for "elite") 
It is a deliberate pseudo-typo for "owned", which means soundly 
thrashed, or otherwise made a fool of, defeated with humiliation, made 
someone's biatch, etc.

--Mark Allums



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