Owned
Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope
Alternatively called 0wned, own3d, ownz, owns, own, ownage, pwn, and pwned, pwn3d, and pwnd, owned is used in gaming to tell another player that they were defeated. Below are a few example of how this may be used in a game.
I owned you!
I ownz you!
The term pwned, also describe a hacked or compromised account or computer. Using the website have i been pwned? lets you look up your e-mail address in a database of over 12.6 billion accounts that were part of a data breach.
In gaming, to trounce an opponent. To be "pwned" is to be defeated unmercifully. The term has also come to mean "hacked." For example, the website www.haveibeenpwned.com lists the top 10 website breaches, and people can check to see if their e-mail address was compromised.