When I run grep -v "[aeiouy]"/usr/share/dict/words|less on my system, it’s the only non-abbreviation word that comes up that doesn’t have a “a”, “e”, “i”, “o”, “u”, or “y” and is a real word – like, Mirriam-Webster lists it:
: to dominate and defeat (someone or something) : OWN sense 1b, ROUT entry 2 sense 1a
Online gamers use “pwn” to describe annihilating an opponent, or owning them. The word came from misspelling “own” by gamers typing quickly and striking the letter P instead of the neighboring letter O.
— Christopher Rhoads
No government, including Britain’s, should have the power to pwn the Internet, and destroy it in the process.
— Amie Stepanovich
Why pwn the noobs from your couch when you could do it in front of an audience at New York’s first-ever Fortnite In The Heights Tournament?
—Eva Kis
Then, a bunch of federal attorneys general got pwned in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding their prosecution of medical marijuana businesses, which is a pretty big deal.
—Vince Silwoski
pwn
When I run
grep -v "[aeiouy]" /usr/share/dict/words|lesson my system, it’s the only non-abbreviation word that comes up that doesn’t have a “a”, “e”, “i”, “o”, “u”, or “y” and is a real word – like, Mirriam-Webster lists it:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pwn
That’s in the dictionary now? I was there. 4000 years ago. When angry counterstrike players typed too fast and didn’t correct their typos.
What about cwm?
It’s Welsh, but in the English dictionary for some reason.
How is that pronounced?
Cwoom
Cymru is weird :'D
For people who pronounce it like p+own are just adding the vowel in without it being written.
I’ve also heard it said more like ‘poon’ which I guess is more true to how w would work as a vowel (uu).