# Pwned

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pwned/80362
**Category:** random
**Created:** [February 21, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pwned/80362 "2005-02-21T18:59:29Z")
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### Author: ![Butters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Butters](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Butters)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pwned/80362/1 "2005-02-21T18:59:29Z")

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Wow, I never knew thats how Pwned came about:

> **[Urban Dictionary: pwned](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwned)**
>
> A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned." Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been...