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verb - intransitive

• to be extremely good.

  This game owns!

  • See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.

  Last edited on May 05 2011. Submitted by Greg W. from Morgan Hill, CA, USA on Aug 18 2002.

verb - transitive

• to defeat someone severely, as in a verbal argument or in a competition, often to the point of humiliation. To "put someone in their place."

  You just got owned!

                                                                                                         
  
  Citation from "Dave of the Dead", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 7 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to win, defeat.

  Last edited on May 06 2011. Submitted by Daniel H. from CA, USA on Feb 09 1999.

• for a non-human subject to be unconquerable or to defeat a human.

  Quake 3 owns you!

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
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  Last edited on May 05 2011. Submitted by Daniel H. from CA, USA on Feb 09 1999.

• to be better than someone or something at a particular task.

                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "Of Mice & Jazz-Kwon Do", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 6 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on May 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 05 2011.

notes

• Used frequently in online gaming. Possibly originates from computer "cracker" slang: "own root," which means that one "owns" the system administrator account, typically by possessing its password. Also 0wn, 0wned, pwn, pwned, etc.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Feb 09 1999. Submitted by Daniel H. from CA, USA on Feb 09 1999.

interjection

• "ownage" can be used alone as an exclamation upon witnessing a stunning defeat.

  Ownage!

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  Last edited on Nov 27 2002. Submitted by Patrick M. from San Francisco, CA, USA on Nov 27 2002.

noun

• anything great, cool, awesome.

  That was ownage.

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  Last edited on Oct 05 2002. Submitted by Gus from CA, USA on Oct 05 2002.

• an action or event in which someone was owned or someone owned another person. (That is, defeated them severely.)

  That was complete ownage!

  That shot was ownage!

  • See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to win, defeat.

  Last edited on Oct 05 2002. Submitted by Gus from CA, USA on Oct 05 2002.

noun

• something self-defeating.

                                                                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from iPhone 6S Vs iPhone 6: What's The Difference?, Forbes, Gordon Kelly, 31 May 2016 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.

  Last edited on Jun 05 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 05 2018.

verb

• to admit responsibility for something.

  It's time for him to own up to his role in destroying the relationship.

  Last edited on Sep 23 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.