(And thanks to everyone else for trying to explain it to very dense me.)

— Rob

“Owned!” is an expletive to shout at someone when they are dramatically defeated either by an outside force/party or by their own misguided efforts. Perennial youtube examples are things like this; skateboard down railing, slip, crotch impact, fall off railing face first onto pavement. In the commends, everyone tries to be first proclaiming this person to be “Owned!”

If you were typing very quickly because you wanted you asinine post to say “First! Owned!”, you might fat-finger the “O”, and look what is right next to the “O”.

Once enough people had done this, the word “Pwned” itself became the go-to word for the ironic 4chan internet set.

See also “teh”

(looks at keyboard)

Okay, it’s a keyboard. So . . . I don’t get it. (scratches very receding hairline in befuddlement).

— Rob

Rob, if you use the internet, you need to be more in the know. ;P

It came from the net so some feel than there is no clear pronuciation. Some saw pawed and some say pone.

People feel a quick look at your keyboard will give you an idea how the word came about.

— Rob — would feel old asking about this, but frankly, even the definition of “punk’d” was far more straightforward on the face of it than this one is