what does GET OWNED mean?

guitarman · fourth grade Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 728

Hi guys, I think this is an idiom in America or something, and I coulnd't understand the phrase: "GET OWNED" . What actually does it mean?

I think the phrase is used when someone has done something very embarased.

indogo · fourth grade Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 223

ok i have no idea what this means but i am from the uk with lots of expreesions that mean nothing to the rest of the world

guitarman · fourth grade Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 728

indogo... like what?

guitarman · fourth grade Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 728

indogo... expression like what?

indogo · fourth grade Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 223

hmmm......lets see now...

It's nowt ner summet = it's nothing special

anarch · first grade Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 28

Hehe yeah this is an American term, mainly amongst the teenage crowd. Getting owned or "pwned" as they often say, ties into embarassment but I've mainly heard it as a gamer type term, in reference to beating someone badly (as they have almost no score).

indogo · fourth grade Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 223

Posh divvy fit = tantrum

triumph · second grade Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 94

Yeah I think Anarch got it for the most part. It is pretty much kiddie slang for defeating someone badly. It originated with gaming, but now can be applied in many contexts. Perhaps you are having an online debate on a forum, and someone sends a message that shuts the other person down. Someone might say the person who got shut down in their argument was "owned" or "pwned", which is slang for the slang.

Basically means a horrible defeat. If India beat Pakistan in Cricket 30 to Nil, then Pakistan would have been owned.

ninikins · first grade Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 25

That's about right, triumph and anarch. It can be used in so many ways...like Triumph said, in an argument. Or say, some kid attempted to (random example) skateboard off some ridiculously high ramp and failed, he would've been "owned". It can also be used to say something is much better than something else "my dog owns.". Weird kids these days. So many people typo "owed" that it became "pwned". That's about it.

JulieRuin · first grade Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 44 Location: Canada

Oh, I remember this friend of mine who is a gamer saying that to me. I thought it was weird and didn't get it and he had to explain it. I felt kinda lame and old and out-of-touch... hehehe.