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pwn

Pwn (verb) means to own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).

verb
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To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).
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Etymology

From own, possibly born out of a typographical error (the adjacency of o and p on qwerty keyboards).

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"pwn" (verb) means to own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).

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