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*Yet another possible origin, and definite use, is the circumvention of language filters. Some game servers began to ban the word “own” and its variants to combat its overuse by some players when they achieved victory. Sometimes the message would be blocked; other times the user would simply be banned from the server. Some of these players may have used “pwn” as a substitute word in order to bypass the filters. {{fact}}

*Another theory on the origin of the word Pwn includes Warcraft. According to this definition, the term Pwn was coined when a map designer misspelled owned as pwned. Instead of "_ has been owned", it was spelled "_ has been pwned".

==Pronunciation==