0
Pdk001 Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

"owned" mean

0hi all02br
02br
00what does this means?02br
02br
00i heard this word from starcraft community and friend of mine say like that sometime when he win the game02br
02br
00"i owned you"02br
02br
00please explain to me what this means02br
02br
00thank you in advance0-
  

Top answer

0It's slang. Often in competitions such as sports (or, apparently in this case, Starcraft), the victor will taunt his opponent by exclaiming that he 'owned' him. It typically means that he beat, outshined, or embarrassed his opponent in very dramatic fashion.

— YoungCalifornian

  • 0It's slang.
  • Often in competitions such as sports (or, apparently in this case, Starcraft), the victor will taunt his opponent by exclaiming that he 'owned' him.
  • It typically means that he beat, outshined, or embarrassed his opponent in very dramatic fashion.
  • 02i 0-
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

10 Answers
0
0It's slang. Often in competitions such as sports (or, apparently in this case, Starcraft), the victor will taunt his opponent by exclaiming that he 'owned' him. It typically means that he beat, outshined, or embarrassed his opponent in very dramatic fashion. Here are some other examples of taunts in which a person might use 'own' to mean the same thing:02br
02br
01i0
0
0
0 It's mainly a slang gamers on the internet use. One of the many words that have evolved in meaning.02br
02br
00 A good description is; 02br
00 The king owns the country.02br
02br
00 Which means everything in the country belongs to the king. No one is more powerful than the king. 02br
02br
00 So, if "I own you", you can
0
0
0thank you all for the replay02br
02br
00is this a rude to say someone "i owned you" ?02br
02br
00and what is the word of "pwn"?02br
02br
00thank in advance0-
0
0
0 pwn = own02br
02br
00 And no, it's not polite. But if you want to make your opponent angry then "I will totally pwn j00" is very good ^_^0-
0
0
0 01blockquote
00It's mainly a slang gamers on the internet use. One of the many words that have evolved in meaning.12blockquote
10I wouldn't say it's used mainly in a video game context. I hear it used in all types of competition.02br
02br
00I'll also add that one will often see it written as "pwn3d" (owned).0-
0
0
0i can't find it "pwn" word in the dictionary02br
02br
00pwn = powern? i have no idea what is a inital of the word..0-
0
0
0Xess has already answered your question Pdk001.02br
02br
00Whatever, 'pwn' only happens to be a coolest version of 'own', they are interchangeable.02br
02br
00Ex.:02br
02br
01i00I'll pwn you.02i02br
02br
01i00You got pwned.02i02br
02br
01i00Pwned!02i0
0
0
0 I don't know if I should be linking stuff like this, but since you're a gamer, you'll probably want to know what all the slangs we use in games mean.02br
02br
00 Try 05000. It's like a wikipedia dictionary for English slangs and nonsense words.0230hrefhttp://www.urbandictionary.comcurban dictionary
0
0
Thanks. I needed to no that. I've been wondering for ages and want to keep up with the teenage flow xD
0

Related Questions