Acronym meanings
07-25-2006, 12:55 PM
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Acronym meanings
Okay, I did a search and found some threads that had commonly used acronyms but of course, I can't find the ones I'm looking for. 
Would someone please tell me what these mean?
TIA!
Would someone please tell me what these mean?
TIA!
07-25-2006, 01:01 PM
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Acronym, For The Win
An enthusiastic emphasis to the end of a comment, message, or post. Sometimes genuine, though often mocking, in jest or sarcastic.
Originated with the game show Hollywood Squares where the result of the player's response is expected to win the game.
Male Contestant: Gillian Anderson for the win, please.
Host: All right Gillian for $4,000...
pwned
A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."
Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."
It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.
"Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned."
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"That team totally pwned us."
Hope this helps.
An enthusiastic emphasis to the end of a comment, message, or post. Sometimes genuine, though often mocking, in jest or sarcastic.
Originated with the game show Hollywood Squares where the result of the player's response is expected to win the game.
Male Contestant: Gillian Anderson for the win, please.
Host: All right Gillian for $4,000...
pwned
A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."
Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."
It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.
"Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned."
OR
"That team totally pwned us."
Hope this helps.
07-25-2006, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Euclid,Jul 25 2006, 03:14 PM
pwned has been around for a lot longer than WoW.
Why is this in car talk?
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Acronym, For The Win
An enthusiastic emphasis to the end of a comment, message, or post. Sometimes genuine, though often mocking, in jest or sarcastic.
Originated with the game show Hollywood Squares where the result of the player's response is expected to win the game.
An enthusiastic emphasis to the end of a comment, message, or post. Sometimes genuine, though often mocking, in jest or sarcastic.
Originated with the game show Hollywood Squares where the result of the player's response is expected to win the game.
Regarding this one however:
A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft...