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Caterkiller:
A thread for questions that don't deserve their own thread. I often find myself wondering about something and can't always just google the answer for easy results.


Anyone ever hear of a news reporter getting fired for the way they did an interview or story?


And does anyone know the exact origin of powned?

Stogi:
Shouldn't vagina be spelled with a j? Furthermore, shouldn't it b spelled with a spanish j?

Morari:

--- Quote from: Caterkiller on September 23, 2011, 05:58:29 PM ---And does anyone know the exact origin of powned?

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Do you mean "pwn'd" and it's variants? It's a pretty obvious deviation of "owned", with roots in leetspeak. I'd wager to bet that the word was originally little more than a typo, as the p and the o are right next to each other on your standard English keyboard.

Upon looking it up, it seems that there might be some history for the usage being more along the lines of "pawned", which is a chess term that describes being put into check by a pawn. Either way, the implication is that of a rather humiliating defeat.

The more you know! ;)

BlackNMild2k1:

--- Quote from: The Unagi on September 23, 2011, 06:19:49 PM ---Shouldn't vagina be spelled with a j? Furthermore, shouldn't it b spelled with a spanish j?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6sLHWZnhk4

Ceric:
Do you think that we can reconstruct Zach's wife from a picture of his newest Babe?

"Anyone ever hear of a news reporter getting fired for the way they did an interview or story?"
I know this has happened from different history specials but I can't remember a specific example.

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