American lingo

[RedOctober]

Well, I thought it would be nice to have a thread about language problems.

I sometimes wonder what some expressions mean.
Can't find them in any dictionary.

For instance.. kewl...
It took a while to find out it means cool.
O yeah... What means cool...
Huh huh..

The word for today is.. OWNED
I see pictures with the word OWNED on it.
What the fuck does it mean?

 

[deus_ex_machina]

Well, I thought it would be nice to have a thread about language problems.

I sometimes wonder what some expressions mean.
Can't find them in any dictionary.

For instance.. kewl...
It took a while to find out it means cool.
O yeah... What means cool...
Huh huh..

The word for today is.. OWNED
I see pictures with the word OWNED on it.
What the fuck does it mean?

it doesnt mean anything

 

[Descent]

OWNED means when you did better than someone, or totally beat them at their own game.

OWN3D is a leet speak variant of OWNED.

I hope this clears up any problems you may be facing online with that word.

 

[Golgotha]

Closest dictionary def.:

v. owned, own·ing, owns

To have control over: For a time, enemy planes owned the skies.


My interpretation:

Owning someone implies they are your slave, basically nothing compared to you. You may see people say "OWNAGE!" it means owning has just taken place, or is about to.