Hatrack River Forum: The Wonderous Etymology of "teh pwned"

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Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

My Favorite Sites of the Day are the Wikipedia entries for 'teh' and 'pwn', and how seriously they take leet.

My favorite part of those entries, discussing variants:

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WTFpwned!? is derived from the contraction of the Internet slang term WTF ("What the ****?") and pwn and is intended to suggest that a player was not just pwned, but that such pwnage happened so quickly that the other player was left wondering what happened (and saying "What the ****?").

Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :

PvP Online has just had an interesting spin on it, too. They're even selling the support wristbands.

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

Aww... brent and francis are hugging. You know what Francis would say if he wasn't involved?

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

My brothers-in-law and I played some Halo 2 this weekend online. We seriously got pwned.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

I also recommend The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook for funny discussion of leetspeak and other net culture silliness. At least 10 years out of date, since I read it in highschool, but very entertaining.

--Enigmatic

Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :

CNN had an article about l337 speak a couple months ago. It's sorta funny how seriously they took it. I think I remember them writing that if you child is saying he pwned some kid at something, then your child is probably a bully. I'll link it here once I find it.

Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :

Here we go. Link

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If you're a parent, pay attention to the following list. These words can point to illegal activities or indicate your child is a bully:

H4x = hack

Warez or w4rez = illegal software

Pr0n = porn

Sploitz = exploits, or software vulnerabilities

0\/\/n3d or pwn3d = an assertion of superiority

When this article came out, I showed it to my friends, and for a while we would just use these words all the time, and laugh to ourselves.

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

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Originally posted by adam613:
My favorite is the Slashdot Trolling Phenomena page. (Warning: objectionable language)

And I thought I had way too much time on my hands...

Oh Lordy, this is great.

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Hot grits/Natalie Portman

Early in Slashdot's history, an anonymous troll (aka the "hot grits guy") would post a reply to every story with a simple "I have poured hot grits down my pants. Thank you." While he mostly got modded down as a troll, the hot grits guy is really the first recurring troll on Slashdot.

Natalie Portman is a popular target for this troll. When referring to her, they frequently profess their endless love for a "naked and petrified" statue of the actress, preferably covered in hot grits. Other incarnations suggest that Natalie Portman pour hot grits into the trolls' underwear, and vice versa.

I think we now need to make a Hatrack River Community wiki entry, including such memorable bits as "Orson Scott Card I Challenge Thee" and "Dude [Cool]

Peek-a-boo"

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Do it, Taalcon. [Smile]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Yeah. It would be "wonderous".

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

I'm not gonna start it, but I'd be more than willing to contribute [Wink]

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

Didn't someone link to an entry for jatraquero or something like that? Was that on wiki or the urban dictionary?