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Yeah, we all know what the word "pwnage" and "pwned" is; a quasi-1337 term used to described complete decimation of your advarsary...or a typo, Hell I don't know.

What I DO want to know is, can you think of a situation in real life, where it would be appropriate to use the word "pwned" or "pwnage"?

What I DO want to know is, can you think of a situation in real life, where it would be appropriate to use the word "pwned" or "pwnage"?
Yes. Every fifteen seconds.

In sports, sometimes. When talking IRL about a game, or competitive event. Hell, I've reffered to a debate round like that - it can apply to any competetive event.

Yes. Every fifteen seconds.

PWN3D!!!! :)

I can't say "pwn" out loud because it doesn't have any vowels

I can't say "pwn" out loud because it doesn't have any vowels
Well, it is pronounced "poun", if that helps.

You mean poon? ;)

Seriously, I use pwned sometimes in real life whenever I talk about people getting their butts kicked in some sort of event OR as a joke (mostly this).

Well, it is pronounced "poun", if that helps.

I personally pronounce it like own with a p sound in front of it (pone or so) but many people I associate with seem to think it should be "pawn" and use many jokes about chess pieces and pawn shops. :-\

My friends and I use it all the time (to the point where it is now actually catching on with non-1337 hax0rz). We pronounce it "pohn" (long 'o' sound, like own but with a p). Although we also use the term interchangably with its deriviative, "owned."

There are many practical applications of the term. For example, doing well on a test. In that situation, you "pwned" the test, for you are its master. Or if a person in any way (hopefully not too seriously, though) physically harms another person (such as when one particular friend of mine gave another a shot to the pills). In that situation, the first friend "pwned" the second friend. There are many other uses, but I'll add those as I think of them.

There are many other uses, but I'll ass those as I think of them.

Like when a typo pwns an otherwise innocent phrase. :D

Ok, it seems that my poun was pretty poor. I bow before the "own with a p in front" and pohn, both of which are what I was trying to say, just much clearer. Thanks :)

Like when a typo pwns an otherwise innocent phrase. :D

Precisely. In that case I was pwned by my non-1337 typing skills.

I actually reverted back to the 80's and say MODED!

Hmm, when I say it out loud, I pronounce it with no vowel like it's spelled.
EDIT:
Actually, it sounds a bit like "pwinned". Damn, no fun.

Hmm, when I say it out loud, I pronounce it with no vowel like it's spelled.
EDIT:
Actually, it sounds a bit like "pwinned". Damn, no fun.

You should convert to the pone/pohn/p-own camp of pronunciation. All the cool people do it.

I have a friend who insists STFU is pronounced "Stafu", because there is not vowel between teh t and f (the a is part of the t sound, "ta"). I say that vowels are added artificially, so it is "Stufu", the common method.

Gorloq, Planetaryconfederation, do I know you?

Ya, my friends used to use it. Now its old.

Poon rhymes with Harpoon, btw.

Yeah, we all know what the word "pwnage" and "pwned" is; a quasi-1337 term used to described complete decimation of your advarsary...or a typo, Hell I don't know.

What I DO want to know is, can you think of a situation in real life, where it would be appropriate to use the word "pwned" or "pwnage"?
I use pwnage and ownage all the time in every day speak. Ex: Roomate walks in to dor, I say "Man, that door just pwnd your face! Owned, fool!"

I tend to use own more than pwn, for some reason. But I use leet far more often than either of those.

I tend to use own more than pwn, for some reason. But I use leet far more often than either of those.

Well pwnage is the more severe form of ownage.

Gorloq, Planetaryconfederation, do I know you?


Live in Jersey by chance?

But yeah, my friends and I probably use 1337-talk more in real-life conversation than we do online. For a while, it was only used by our geek-clique, but somehow other people started catching on (oddly enough, of all people, irritating preppy people). So in recent weeks, we've slightly down-toned our use of 1337-talk, but some situations still call for its use.

Oh, and for other 1337-talk words, we have various pronunciation schemes for them. For some words, we just pronounce the letters (i.e. OMG, WTF). And for others, we come up with ways to pronounce them (i.e. ROFLMAO is something to the effect of Rah-Flum-Oh).

I've taken to saying, "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform!" just to piss off my friends. But WTF is usually pronounced by letter. OMG is letter by letter, too.

(i.e. ROFLMAO is something to the effect of Rah-Flum-Oh).
It should be "Roffle Mao".
"Roffle" rhyming with "waffle".
:p

I've taken to saying, "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform!" just to piss off my friends. But WTF is usually pronounced by letter. OMG is letter by letter, too.

I typically guts pronouce it as Omagah!

I have a friend who insists STFU is pronounced "Stafu", because there is not vowel between teh t and f (the a is part of the t sound, "ta"). I say that vowels are added artificially, so it is "Stufu", the common method.
See I just say "shut the fuck up".

It should be "Roffle Mao".
"Roffle" rhyming with "waffle".
:p

Actually, we pronounce it as roffle when we're referring to the shorter form, ROFL. But because the expansion of the term to ROFLMAO alters it, we tend to alter the pronunciation as such. But your way makes just as much sense. I guess it's just one of those regional difference thingies.

Yeah, we all know what the word "pwnage" and "pwned" is; a quasi-1337 term used to described complete decimation of your advarsary...or a typo, Hell I don't know.

What I DO want to know is, can you think of a situation in real life, where it would be appropriate to use the word "pwned" or "pwnage"?

yes. when the guy down the hall hog-tied me with duct tape.

See I just say "shut the fuck up".
I just rip out their throats and be done with it.
http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icqw231javls

Hmm, I still say "owned." I'm behind the times, apparently.

I just rip out their throats and be done with it.
http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icqw231javls

I prefer to use my mind powers to shut them up. Less of a mess and no annoying gurgle!

Real life situations you say?

I can think of a few.

http://www.classic-space.com/spaceblog/owned.jpg

Real life situations you say?

I can think of a few.

http://www.classic-space.com/spaceblog/owned.jpg
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/afazzini/owned_baby.jpg

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/afazzini/owned_baby.jpg
http://publish.hometown.aol.com/iflingp0000/images/ouch%20owned.jpg

My personal favorite.

http://publish.hometown.aol.com/iflingp0000/images/ouch%20owned.jpg

My personal favorite.

Is that your personal webspace? I noticed the "iflingp0000" thing and was curious, as I know someone who has the nickname of "Flung Poo".

Is that your personal webspace? I noticed the "iflingp0000" thing and was curious, as I know someone who has the nickname of "Flung Poo".
Nah, not mine. Thats why I didn't use img tags. Hate to have that turn into a goatse when I wasn't looking.

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/afazzini/owned_baby.jpg
http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icqvi417iwes

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?icqvi417iwes
http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?ictl6r16rhdg