and I don't mean that like when you bump uglies with Boyz II Men playing in the background...
There's a word in eleet known as 'Pwned'. No, eleet or leet or leetspeak isn't a foreign language but it is considered to be an alternative language to English. This 'language' (some might call it a corruption of sorts) was cooked up by the techie community. An example of leet will clear things up adequately (and if it doesn't, forget this long drawn ramble and watch the damn video already... I pity the foo!... (yeah ok just saw the A-Team trailer again today).
Right so back to the example - now the word leet itself would in leetspeak look like 1337 or l33t. Gaming legend has it that 'Pwned' as a word originated from the game Warcraft. When the computer beat a player in the game, the words "Player X has been owned!" were supposed to flash on the screen. But one of the designers screwed up while writing the code and misspelt owned as pwned. Slowly the typo/word took hold in the gamers' lexicon and before you knew pwned meant Perfectly Owned. These days of course while still primarily used by gamers, it has entered mainstream vocabulary case in point, "India totally pwned Bangladesh in the recently concluded test series."
So you might be now asking, BF you blithering twit, what on earth are you going on and on and on about?
Said blithering twit would like to direct your attention to the video below.
Please pay particular attention to 03:12 - 05:55
Moral of the story - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan pwned Ali Azmat's a$$
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DUDE! I always wondered what that was. From one grateful geek to another, thank you!
Do you happen to know where Ixnay came from (to say an emphatic no) or where P.U. came from (to say something really stinks!)?
:D Kindly oblige.
I'm hardly a g33k but you're welcome! :)
IXNAY
from the German word Nichts (meaning Nothing) comes the colloquial Nix. In Pig Latin, Nix gets converted into Ixnay.
P.U
My personal opinion is that this word (if it can be called that) is a corruption of 'Phew!' something that one would say after smelling something awful.
Other explanations suggest the actual word P.U. is dervied from is piu whose Indo-European root is pu which means to rot or decay.
Now armed with this life changing knowledge as you are, go forth and prosper!
P.S - Will accept payment in cash or beer :D
Hahahaha, MUCH appreciated dude. So many mysteries cleared up with one comment! :D
Thank you. Payment shall be given in fan-ness and dogged following of your blog. I hope that is acceptable. ;)
Naturellement cherie! You are most welcome :)
And since you used the word 'dogged', I shall accept this in lieu of the brews or money :D
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