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How "pwned" went from hacker slang to internet's favorite taunt

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How "pwned" went from hacker slang to internet's favorite taunt

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Post by isnotchicago » Sun, May 30, 2021, 4:47 PM UTC

How "pwned" went from hacker slang to internet's favorite taunt
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Post by j4yav » Sun, May 30, 2021, 5:16 PM UTC

March 2020, but even that seems quite late for a term that must have peaked in 2005.

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Post by qwerty1234599 » Sun, May 30, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

... nobody says "pwned" anymore, it's back to being hacker slang

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Post by 1MachineElf » Sun, May 30, 2021, 6:26 PM UTC

Reminds me of this debate on "pwn" history from the day prior: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27322701

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, May 30, 2021, 7:12 PM UTC

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Post by mcnamaratw » Sun, May 30, 2021, 7:19 PM UTC

This is made-up nonsense, and not even current made-up nonsense.

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