The origins of "pwnt"

[brandontw 10+ year member]

why do we write this? where did it come from..why is it entertaining?

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[photocrazy8 10+ year member]

no clue but its a wonderful word to say when playing halo 2 online //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

if any one ever wants to play.....smky Lion (Level 27)

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

Courtesy of Urbandictionary.com

1. pwnt 399 up, 48 down

Origins stem from owned, ownage, ownt. The character 'o' is next to the character 'p' on the keyboard. It was formed when some anonymous original party accidentally hit the 'p' for the word "OWNED".

It has the exact same meaning as the verb to own. The two words and their derivatives can be used interchangeably.

1. When a player is severely beaten by another player or party of players, in a game.

2. An expletive about a situation where something painful, embarassing, or bad happens to someone in real life.

The main dispute with this word is its pronunciation. It is originally believed that the 'p' is an accident and therefore not pronounced. However, several pronunciations have become accepted: p'ownt, pwynt, pinnt, etc.

1. Gamer 1: I just killed your entire group and won the game.

Gamer 2: You pwnt us all...

 

2. Oh my God, did you see that guy get hit by that car? He was pwnt!

 

[photocrazy8 10+ year member]

^^^^

i was waiting for urban dictionary lol

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

BTW... I just pwnt this thread.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwnt

lazy bum, all you need to do is search

 

[xploit2 10+ year member]

in gaming is like getting OWNED by another player and at the same time also POUNDED as in *** = POWNED or PWNT

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

I just got Pwnt i guess

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

first time i ever heard of it was from my friend who frequents genmay, and i thought he was a total *** for saying it....now i say it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

The term has become ubiquitous in Internet circles and is often used outside of gaming contexts. Its progressive form is "pwning." Its noun form is "pwnage" (or "pwnge", or sometimes simply "pwned" or "pwnt"). An example: "Did you see that guy get pwned?" Appending "zors" creates a humorous portmanteau of the word, e.g. pwnzors (also spelled xors or x0rz).

lmao @ zorz

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

Came from Counter Strike back when it was still a mod to Half Life back maybe 5-6 years ago...

 

[hardrockfan 10+ year member]

I always get "pwnt" from playing Halo

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

i pwnt your mom last night //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/hide.gif.2d479cfd917eedfe201353b91522ceab.gif

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

First time I saw it used was when I played Tribes...that game came out in '98 I think.

 

[AVSTANG02]

No.

it started from hackers owning people..

and then it went to p0wned and now simplified to pwnt.

People said "owned" in hacker circles before Half Life, Counterstrike, Tribes etc even existed.