n00b thread

[hani]

Hey yo guys,
as you might already noticed, I'm from Poland and I still learn english, so couple of words are not known to me.

Can someone explain me terms "Pwn3d", "own3d" and "ownage"?

I know it may sound stupid, but it's just me

[DaftSnow]

lollerz yay. hmmm well let's see you usually say that when something bad happens to someone and they have therefore been "pwned" by what it is that screwed them over.
Let's say you are walking down the street with your friend and he spits and the wind slaps it right back into his face, it is ok for you to say "OWNED!" or PWNED.

Edit: Search "Owned" on google images. I think you'll understand.

[Mushywaffles]

PWN3d is a misspelling of OWNED that caught on.

and when they replace letters with words, like PWN3D it is because of leetspeak whic replaces letters with ASCII look-a-likes
such as:
|-| = H
4 = A
$ = S
3 = E
|2 = R

and the list goes on. 1337$P34K has leaked into other parts of the internet and manifests itself in Hybrid or half-leet words like:
PWN3D
Teh L33T OwN4G3

Strange words like teh and adding xorz and er to words is just internet slang these days ^__^


For more referance read here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

EDIT:
Here are some refernces for the word: PWN3D and OWN3D



See Hani? Learning is fun! ^__^

[DaftSnow]

omg that Bike one is hilarious. I love the clasic picture of that kid that got his head shaved. Some of my friends used all those pictures as campaign adds for a HighSchool Student Council election, it was magnificant. We had "owned' posters all over the school.

[godiecool]

OMG LOL ROFLMAO XD

The bike one is HILARIOUS. My stomach hurts from laughing so hard XD

[JaceInman]

I like the kid one, that is great.

[Mushywaffles]

i really like the one where the guy is totally owned cos i had to think about it for a sec ^__^

[DaftSnow]

even though, adopting a poor orphant child from africa...wouldn't make you "owned". just a thought.

[hani]

Lol, thanks DaftSnow and Mushywaffles

[eviljoker7075]

Hope you understand a little better now... It's not really English as such, but it's useful I guess!