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

5 points by isnotchicago 5 years ago | 4 comments

j4yav 5 years ago |

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

1MachineElf 5 years ago |

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

qwerty1234599 5 years ago |

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

mcnamaratw 5 years ago |

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