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Serious question: how do you pronounce 'pwn'? Is it 'pone'? 'poon'? 'pwin'? 'pown'? Something else?
by nxrabl 11y ago
Serious question: how do you pronounce 'pwn'?
Is it 'pone'? 'poon'? 'pwin'? 'pown'? Something else?
- jonesb6 11y agoIt's whatever you want it to be
- cheepin 11y agoRhymes with scone
- lox 11y agoOnly in America
- mig39 11y agoRhymes with 'own' -- which is why it's "pwn to own." It was originally a misspelling of 'own' I think.
- beeboop 11y agoKnowYourMeme [1] is surpisingly high quality and informative sometimes. "pwn" apparently has origins going as far back as the 60s, but I had to guess it's mostly popular these days due to the brief leetspeak phase of the early 90s, where it was a more pointed, edgier way to write "owned". [1] http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/owned-pwned http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/owned-pwned
- jacobolus 11y agoStrong Bad has your back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SctWtK2h_w#t=2m17s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SctWtK2h_w#t=2m17s
- gnarbarian 11y agoIt's pronounced "own" like "I am going to own you!" Or "you lost that 1 on 1 rocket arena match 10-0, he owned you." It's a corruption /slang evolution of own. p being next to o on qwerty keyboards. Probably accidental at first and then subsequently used mockingly to engender cavalier sloppyness as if the recipient was not worthy of the respect or fleeting seconds required to fix simple mistakes before sending the message. This etomology is now lost on most users of "pwn". People who were not around before "pwn" was ever used pronounce it differently. Generally "poned"