Definition of own

own

verb - intransitive

to be extremely good.
This game owns!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Last edited on Feb 09 1999. Submitted by Daniel H. from CA, USA on Feb 09 1999.

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defriend	Definitions include: on a social networking website, to remove someone from one's list of friends.
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key	Definitions include: great.
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whizz-bang	Definitions include: 70's slang word. "cool, hip, interesting."
official	Definitions include: Official is a new way to say something is really cool.
greasy sweet	Definitions include: Perfect; no flaws at all.
awsum	Definitions include: misspelling of awesome.
smoke	Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
devious	Definitions include: cool, awesome, or sneaky but in a cool way.
smashingly	Definitions include: very well.
*cat's ss**	Definitions include: something really great.
flabbergasted	Definitions include: amazed.
bestest	Definitions include: incomparable.
gink	Definitions include: cool, dope, rad.
raw	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
bomb	Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
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stomp	Definitions include: to defeat.
lick	Definitions include: a musical phrase.
*make (one's) btch**	Definitions include: see bitch.
*kick (one's) ss**	Definitions include: to be victorious; defeat.
pwn	Definitions include: Alternate spelling of own.
wreck	Definitions include: to severely beat up or injure.
all your base are belong to us	Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
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rape	Definitions include: to abuse or damage, usu. to the point of uselessness or maximum damage.
CREAM	Definitions include: acronym for "cash rules everything around me".
p0wn	Definitions include: defeated.
take down	Definitions include: to defeat.
school	Definitions include: to strongly defeat during a competitive activity. Etymology: someone that was "schooled" has been "taken to school."
ownage	Definitions include: anything great, cool, awesome.
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Other terms relating to 'own':
after (one's) own heart	Definitions include: having the same ideas, beliefs, or behavior as one's self.
a taste of (one's) own medicine	Definitions include: the experience of some unpleasantness that one gives to others.
beat (one's) own drum	Definitions include: to praise one's self.
blow (one's) own horn	Definitions include: to be aggressive in communicating one's own achievements.
blow (one's) own trumpet	Definitions include: to praise one's self.
BYO	Definitions include: "bring your own..."
BYOB	Definitions include: acronym for "bring your own beer", "bring your own bottle", or "bring your own booze".
BYOW	Definitions include: "bring your own wine".
come into (one's) own	Definitions include: to reach a point in one's development where one's comfortable with one's self.
DYOH	Definitions include: acronym for "do your own homework".
eat (one's) own dog food	Definitions include: for a company's products to be used internally.
get owned	Definitions include: See own.
know (one's) own name	Definitions include: Clueless.
like (one's) own brand	Definitions include: to enjoy the smell of one's own flatulence.
mind (one's) own beeswax	Definitions include: "mind (one's) own business."
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