Video Game Pwn
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A Video Game Pwn is a slang term that means to own or defeat another player.
- See: Jailbreaking.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn Retrieved:2017-5-28.
- Pwn is a leetspeak slang term derived from the verb own, [1] [2] [3] as meaning to appropriate or to conquer to gain ownership. The term implies domination or humiliation of a rival,[4] used primarily in the Internet-based video game culture to taunt an opponent who has just been soundly defeated (e.g., "You just got pwned!"). [5] In script kiddie jargon, pwn means to compromise or control, specifically another computer (server or PC), website, gateway device, or application. It is synonymous with one of the definitions of hacking or cracking, including iOS jailbreaking. The Pwnie Awards are awarded by a group of security researchers. Popularity of the term among teenagers rose in the mid-2000s, with the spread from the Internet written form to use in spoken language.[6]
- ↑ "Pwned – 10 Tales of Appropriation in Video Games" (Martin Pichlmair)
- ↑ "Computer Slang"
- ↑ Ludlow, Peter; and Wallace, Mark (2007). The Second Life Herald. MIT Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-262-12294-4
- ↑ Naone, Erica (November 2008). “The Flaw at the Heart of the Internet", Technology Review 111 (6): 62–67.
- ↑ Peckham, Aaron (2007). Mo' urban dictionary: ridonkulous street slang defined. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 230. ISBN 0-7407-6875-1
- ↑ Bennett, Dean (February 8, 2007). “Teen slang now following Internet shortcuts", Canadian Press. Convenience link.