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How "pwned" went from hacker slang to internet's favorite taunt

• j4yav 5y ago
  March 2020, but even that seems quite late for a term that must have peaked in 2005.
• qwerty1234599 5y ago
  ... nobody says "pwned" anymore, it's back to being hacker slang
• 1MachineElf 5y ago
  Reminds me of this debate on "pwn" history from the day prior: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27322701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27322701
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• mcnamaratw 5y ago
  This is made-up nonsense, and not even current made-up nonsense.