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Definition of pwn

pwn    

noun

  • acronym for "person with narcolepsy" or "people with narcolepsy". Rare.
    I am a newly-diagnosed pwn and would like to learn more about medications used to treat it...

    Last edited on Aug 16 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 13 2015.

verb - transitive

  • Alternate spelling of own.

    Likely originated from a misspelling of "own" due to the proximity of the "O" and "P" keys on the QWERTY keyboard. A term mostly used by computer gamers.
    Get ready to be pwned!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

    Citation from "Epic Win", Slate, Christopher Beam, Oct 15 2008 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Apr 14 2010. Submitted by Matt from Radcliff, KY, USA on Jan 04 2003.

  • to own someone with a pistol. Usually in a video game.

    Last edited on Feb 04 2005. Submitted by Tensore @. on Feb 04 2005.

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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)':

Definitions include: acronym for "if you know what I mean and I think you do".
Definitions include: acronym for "To Be Continued".
Definitions include: acronym for "no big deal".
Definitions include: acronym for "out of box experience."
Definitions include: acronym for "face the wall."
Definitions include: acronym for "fucking easy question".
Definitions include: acronym for "hocus pocus fucking magic".
Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on the floor laughing".
Definitions include: Out of Control.
Definitions include: "your."
Definitions include: acronym for "full of shit".
Definitions include: acronym for "for future reference".
Definitions include: acronym of "shit out of luck", meaning that there is nothing one can do to remedy some situation.
Definitions include: acronym for "love you lots".
Definitions include: "drug and disease free", i.e. not a drug user and without sexually transmitted diseases.

Other terms relating to 'alternative spellings or pronunciations (list of)':

Definitions include: acronym for "head mother fucker what's in charge".
Definitions include: a celebrity.
Definitions include: "when".
Definitions include: acronym for "for real".
Definitions include: to acquire.
Definitions include: a tourist.
Definitions include: alternate spelling of "fuck".
Definitions include: acronym for "not much, you".
Definitions include: "hundred".
Definitions include: an intensifier.
Definitions include: acronym for "long-term relationship."
Definitions include: acronym for "who gives a fuck".
Definitions include: "favorite."
Definitions include: is not; am not; are not; do not; have not; will not; etc.
Definitions include: alternate spelling / pronunciation of bitch.

Other terms relating to 'computer slang':

Definitions include: an insufficient (and often dismissive) explanation of something complex.
Definitions include: peeping tom.
Definitions include: acronym for "I love you too".
Definitions include: "what's".
Definitions include: a joke or "joke" that contains a core of truth.
Definitions include: the World Wide Web.
Definitions include: acronym for "shut the fuck up".
Definitions include: a type of shareware that only requires users to send a postcard to the author in order to purchase it.
Definitions include: acronym for "crack the fuck up".
Definitions include: money.
Definitions include: a worthless small program.
Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on the floor laughing my fucking ass off".
Definitions include: acronym for "I don't give a fuck."
Definitions include: acronym for "I am a lawyer".
Definitions include: acronym for "if I understand correctly".

Other terms relating to 'contractions (list of)':

Definitions include: a Caucasian who acts, dresses and emulates like a black person from the ghetto.
Definitions include: a sexually promiscuous member of a sorority.
Definitions include: a liberal Republican.
Definitions include: a stupid, silly, idiotic person.
Definitions include: "trying to".
Definitions include: sarcasm that centers on the speakers sense of superiority and ego needs.
Definitions include: a meal between lunch and dinner.
Definitions include: "twat" + "fanny".
Definitions include: northern California.
Definitions include: to sneeze and cough at the same time.
Definitions include: strange personal mannerism.
Definitions include: "got to".
Definitions include: inability to sleep due to pain.
Definitions include: "from under".
Definitions include: a contraction for "I don't know".

Other terms relating to 'to shoot':

Definitions include: to fire a bullet; "shoot".
Definitions include: death by shooting.
Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
Definitions include: to rob or extort.
Definitions include: to shoot repeatedly with a firearm.
Definitions include: to engage in sexual intercourse.
Definitions include: to clap back, i.e. to shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
Definitions include: the usual procedure.
Definitions include: to inject a drug.
Definitions include: soda; soft drink.
Definitions include: to shoot.
Definitions include: to begin firing a firearm.
Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
Definitions include: being shot so as to improve one's attitude.
Definitions include: to shoot someone or something with a firearm.

Other terms relating to 'to win, defeat':

Definitions include: to defeat.
Definitions include: see bitch.
Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
Definitions include: to physically beat.
Definitions include: a slap of the manner described in the verb form.
Definitions include: an emphatic and comprehensive win.
Definitions include: to strongly defeat during a competitive activity. Etymology: someone that was "schooled" has been "taken to school."
Definitions include: to rob or extort.
Definitions include: a musical phrase.
Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
Definitions include: Used frequently in online gaming.
Definitions include: anything great, cool, awesome.
Definitions include: defeated.
Definitions include: acronym for "cash rules everything around me".
Definitions include: to be victorious; defeat.

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Other terms relating to 'own':

Definitions include: having the same ideas, beliefs, or behavior as one's self.
Definitions include: the experience of some unpleasantness that one gives to others.
Definitions include: to praise one's self.
Definitions include: to be aggressive in communicating one's own achievements.
Definitions include: to praise one's self.
Definitions include: "bring your own..."
Definitions include: acronym for "bring your own beer", "bring your own bottle", or "bring your own booze".
Definitions include: "bring your own wine".
Definitions include: to reach a point in one's development where one's comfortable with one's self.
Definitions include: acronym for "do your own homework".
Definitions include: for a company's products to be used internally.
Definitions include: See own.
Definitions include: Clueless.
Definitions include: to enjoy the smell of one's own flatulence.
Definitions include: "mind (one's) own business."

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