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OWNED

Owned is a slang word (e.g. "Tony just got owned"), that originated among 1990s hackers, where it referred to "rooting" or gaining administrative control over someone else's computer .

The term's original usage was close to that of the traditional meaning of the word "own" - for instance, "I owned the network at MIT" indicated that the speaker had cracked the servers and had the same root-level privileges that the legitimate owner of the servers had. "Owned", a later variant, became more common in the late 1990s, as did the more abstract usage referring to any compromised security mechanism. By 1997, "owned" was regularly used in website defacements, and it subsequently spread to gaming circles, where it was used to refer to defeat in a game.

Owned has now spread beyond computer and gaming contexts and become part of standard slang, and typically follows severe defeat or humiliation, usually in an amusing way or through the dominance of an opposing party. Other variations of the word owned include own3d, 0wn3d, pooned and pwned , terms which incorporate elements of leetspeak.

A similar derivative "bwned" has recently come into regular usage among certain circles. "Bwned" conveys meaning and imagery similar to the more common and phonetically identical "boned," albeit in the context of a virtual experience, rather than more serious real-life situations typically associated with "boned." It is used to summarize any condition where an individual or team has been "owned" to the extent of becoming genuinely painful, uncomfortable or embarrassing mentally. e.g. "Tony got bwned hard... He just lost 50-3!" As well as this, "bwned" can be used in replacement of the word banned usually on a forum or gaming site after someone has committed an offence and had their account suspended. e.g. "Where is Wesley these days?" "Oh he got bwned for abusive language..." Usually these conversations would occur in online arenas (such as Combat Arms, Counter-Strike, Warcraft, Starcraft, and Team Fortress). If a player is killed/beaten, particularly in a way that is demeaning, e.g. with a noobish weapon, one could readily use the term.