It'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

It'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"