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WTF +‎ pwn

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wtfpwn (third-person singular simple present wtfpwns, present participle wtfpwning, simple past and past participle wtfpwned)

  1. (Internet slang) To dominate or defeat thoroughly (as in a video game).
    • 2006 April 15, Lazarhat, “When virtual funerals for real people go bad....”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy (Usenet):
      Up until the point where some uninvited guests show up to act as assholes and wtfpwn them.... during the wake.
    • 2008 August 20, Osoris, “Stealth teams in 2v2”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet):
      Either way if your gear is good 400+ resil, you should be able to live at least for 60s, ample time for a mage to wtfpwn both of them.
    • 2011, Julian Hoxter, Write What You Don't Know: An Accessible Manual for Screenwriters, →ISBN:
      Firstly you have an external problem: somehow those hateful bunnies wtfpwn in the story world, denying you your place in the sun.