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how did i manage to miss what "FTW" stands for

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? by ehwhat

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ehwhat | 03 Dec '07, 11:19 | Send note | Report this | Reply

you probably don't play online games

with 12 year old american boys who shoot you in the face.

Ibzo | 3 Dec '07, 11:21 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I thought it meant

'for the world'
then Klaire was all like "har har har I can't believe you didn't know what an internet acronym stood for, you loooooser" and that told me.

jasminepearson | 3 Dec '07, 11:22 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i thought it meant

'fuck the world'.

Ibzo | 3 Dec '07, 11:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I still don't know what it means

As I don't understand Pwned either

Gringo | 3 Dec '07, 11:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

^^ this

how did the phrase 'owned' ever turn into 'pwned'?

alxmoore | 3 Dec '07, 11:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i'm answering myself here

"A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.

"Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned."

OR

"That team totally pwned us."
"

alxmoore | 3 Dec '07, 11:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

how is it ment to be pronounced?

i always say it like pawned...like i pawned my watch at the jewellers?

Steddy_Eddy | 3 Dec '07, 11:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i've always thought it was

'pone-ed'
i think i once heard some kids in sixth form discussing it.

alxmoore | 3 Dec '07, 11:48 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Some people take it to mean

Perfect Ownage

LordLuciusBanter | 6 Dec '07, 11:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

it does

I'm training to be a tattooist and I kept seeing people with tats that said 'ftw'.
Shamefully, I thought they were all big internet wieners.

Feefle | 3 Dec '07, 18:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

that's...

what I thought it meant too.

trixiet | 3 Dec '07, 22:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Feed The Walrus

shucks | 3 Dec '07, 11:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

it'll take you a while to get

ftl as well then i suppose.

theriseofenglish | 3 Dec '07, 11:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Feed The Llama?

shucks | 3 Dec '07, 11:56 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Wikipedia?

Look where 'o' and 'p' are on the keyboard...

BobbyGrindrod | 3 Dec '07, 18:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

it means

FREE THE WEED!

BALLS | 3 Dec '07, 19:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

and also

FUCK THE WILLIES

Ch-Ch-Changes | 3 Dec '07, 22:01 | Send note | Report this | Reply

am so relieved

I thought I was the only one who didnt understand what ftw was.

Phew.

JimmyHuntspill | 3 Dec '07, 22:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Still

don't know what bf stands for though.

poor_thing | 3 Dec '07, 22:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

breastfuck

Heliotrope | 6 Dec '07, 11:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

bf

Blowfish

grockle | 6 Dec '07, 11:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

bf

Bryan Ferry

Alex-in-Ciderland | 6 Dec '07, 11:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply