everytime i go into some kind of online community I always see "I pwn you xD". I know it means something like you got owned but why "pwn"? what does "xD" mean also?
2007-02-10 10:21:53 · 8 answers · asked by Dre D 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
if you beat someone, it was a figure of speech to say "oh man, i own you" as kind of a jibe. my view is that enough dumb people made the typing error p being right next to o and it became pwn. i hate it too. also of note is leetspeak, which is the deliberate use of similar looking letters or numbers as a substitute, so the p could be deliberate, but i doubt it. xD is a sideways face squinting, a variation on :( or ;)
2007-02-10 10:28:17 · answer #1 · answered by joelius24 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everytime i go into some kind of online community I always see "I pwn you xD". I know it means something like you got owned but why "pwn"? what does "xD" mean also?
Pwn means to simple dominate an enemy, while xD means a smiley face like squinching its eyes.
2007-02-10 18:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Pwn" means "own" and is supposed to be pronounced the exact same way. It started when someone on the game of starcraft made a map and accidently misspelled "Owned" to be "Pwned"
2007-02-10 18:30:49 · answer #3 · answered by heavy_cow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pwn stands for pawn/own/school/burn, basically means someone beat someone, but they use it to brag.
ie. OH! I pwn'ed your a**
xD is a type of smiley
2007-02-10 18:25:15 · answer #4 · answered by Richard C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means own because o and p are really close and sometimes it gets pwn and own
2007-02-10 18:25:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Pwn" stands for Pawned.
Pawned stands for as in to humiliate someone.
Other meaning can be found below
http://www.urbandictionary.com/
2007-02-10 18:24:41 · answer #6 · answered by Chεεrs [uk] 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn
2007-02-10 18:24:14 · answer #7 · answered by mattomynameo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's classified as "dorkspeak".
2007-02-10 18:30:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋