Shitty little shitty pop culture question.

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Any linguistic relationship between Pwned and Punk'd?

[DarkTirade]

1. They were both invented by people who were too lazy to type things out properly.

That's about the only connection I know of.

[madeline_con]

2. Don't they mean basically the same thing? n/t

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Punk'd usually refers to an elaborate prank...

Whereas pwned usually refers to someone being bested in some capacity, not necessarily via prank.

As is my understanding, anyway.

[madeline_con]

8. I thought punk slapped =punked =powned.

:shrug:

[Duer 157099]

3. What I want to know

is how do you pronounce "pwned"?

Punk'd is obvious, obviously.

[Chan790]

5. Like owned without the O and with a P. n/m

[Duer 157099]

12. So, "poned"?

What a lame word.

[Orrex]

4. I pwned my stereo a few years back

:shrug:

[petronius]

7. I always thought that pwned was a contraction of punk'd and owned

(At least, to the extent that I thought about it at all - please don't get the impression that leetspeak etymology consumes a significant chunk of my time...:))

[ghostsofgiants]

9. No, pwned is just a typo of owned.

And nerds ran with it.

[Richard Steele]

10. No linguistic relationship.

Remember that "pwned" is actually a mis-spelling of "owned".

In the world of online gaming, messages between players
are necessarily brief. "Owned" is a shorthand way of saying
"Ha! In your face!" to an opponent you've just killed
or otherwise defeated; when typing with one hand while
playing, it's very common to misspell it "pwned" or "pwn3d".
So common that people began to use it deliberately, to reflect
that particular meaning of the word. (and cuz it looks kewl)

While both words may refer to some humilition of the addressee,
"Pwn3d" refers to someone defeated in a fair test of skill
while "punk'd" refers to the hapless victim of a prank or trap.

[Duer 157099]

11. And why, pray tell, are people typing with one hand?

Until right now, I had no clue whatsoever that "pwned" meant "owned" - none.

Unfrickenreal.

[Richard Steele]

13. Because they're in the middle of playing a video game that requires the use of both hands.

Most games require two hands, to both move and fire.

You have to stop shooting back to send a message in the middle of gameplay;
one hand keeps your player in motion, while the other one types quickly.

If you use BOTH hands to type, your player is sitting motionless for
several seconds, and that's a good way to get your butt shot off.

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14. Thanks to all respondents. Very edifying thread.

[krispos42]

15. You should use UrbanDictionary.com for this kind of stuff

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwned
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=punk%27d

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16. It's more fun to flail around here.