I'm Internet lingo lame . . . what do "pwned" and "ftw" and all those other mean

[FitzChivalry]

I'm Internet lingo lame . . . what do "pwned" and "ftw" and all those other mean

I see them all the time and have no clue.

 

[love_u2_adam]

pwned means like SNAP!!
and ftw idk for the win maybe

 

[AngelofHarlem01]

I thought pwned was 'owned' with an intentional typo, and ftw was wtf backwards..

 

[indra]

I thought pwned was 'owned' with an intentional typo, and ftw was wtf backwards..

So it's "fuck the what"? Huh.

Kids these days....

 

[AngelofHarlem01]

 

[Zoots]

Yes, pwned is owned with a typo.

FTW = For the win!

 

[FitzChivalry]

Thanks, all!

Now I'm hip and in-the-know.

NOT!

 

[FitzChivalry]

Actually, one more . . .


so it's bad to be "pwned", right? It means like "you lose". Correct?

 

[wannabe]

urbandictionary.com ftw

 

[indra]

Actually, one more . . .


so it's bad to be "pwned", right? It means like "you lose". Correct?

Apparently. Although I have to wonder how anyone who can't spell owned correctly can win much of anything....

 

[pepokiss]

"fuck the what" should be used... like an even higher What The Fuck

 

[LemonMelon]

pwned = a more painful, grammatically incorrect version of owned
as in: "This dude just pwned me at World Of Warcraft. I went in my room and cried for hours..."

FTW = for the win
as in: "LOL, I got that lit match out of my ear. Q-tips for the win!"

WTF = what the f***
as in: "WTF? Since when was X&Y a good album?"

 

[FitzChivalry]

WTF = what the f***
as in: "WTF? Since when was X&Y a good album?"

LemonMelon ftw!

 

[LemonMelon]

LemonMelon ftw!

Now you're catching on!

 

[bono_man2002]

I was always confused what FTW meant....I did think it was "fuck the what"....

 

[Thora]

Same here. Some of my friends say that all the time, so I naturally assumed that was what it meant.

 

[FitzChivalry]

Perhaps it's all context.

So if you're trying to say that your comment or idea or statement is better than everyone else's . . . then it's For The Win.


But if you're trying to express confusion and befuddlement, as in "what the hell are you talking about?", then it's Fuck The What?




I don't frickin' know!

 

[Lila64]

WTF has always been 'what the fuck' as far as I know. I think the others were messin' with you

recalls a scene from Honeymoon In Vegas

 

[phillyfan26]

My e-mail address is actually forthewin827.

Internet lingo FTW.

And GFY means Go Fuck Yourself, but pretty much Beav and NSW use that one.

 

[martha]

Same here. Some of my friends say that all the time, so I naturally assumed that was what it meant.

In certain two-wheeled circles, ftw means "fuck the world." If you see it tattooed on certain gentlemen of hairyness and gereral toughness, they are not internet geeks. They do mean it to mean "fuck the world."

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

you got served

 

[lazarus]

WTF = what the f***
as in: "WTF? Since when was X&Y a good album?"

Coldplay pwned by LemonMelon.

 

[ABEL]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases

 

[JanuaryStar]

Hail Now I FINALLY know what these words mean














Well, kinda... It's still kind of confusing

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases

they don't have MOOBS

 

[JanuaryStar]

they don't have MOOBS

Then why don't you go add it? That's what Wikipedia is for after all, ain't it?

 

[cobl04]

Hank Moody would be very upset.

 

[UberBeaver]

I thought ftw meant "Feel the Wrath."

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i thought it meant fear the wiggles

 

[catlhere]

Re: I'm Internet lingo lame . . . what do "pwned" and "ftw" and all those other

I see them all the time and have no clue.

murk lore, imo tbqh.