Owned is an internet slang word used commonly in gaming circles. It signifies defeat and humiliation, often through the dominance of another party. For example, a player who repeatedly beats his opponent in online computer games, may claim he has "owned" him. There are military examples of similar sentiments being expressed by a victorious party. For instance, after the U.S. won a battle against Great Britain in 1813, the American commander, Oliver Hazard Perry, sent the message "We have met the enemy and they are ours."
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The slang use of the term originated in computer security, as a slang term for a computer system having full control, figuratively "ownership", compromised. "I own your computer".
"Owned" is also commonly used in a sporting context, when a team or person triumphs over another in a decisive way, or when an underdog triumphs.
"Owned" is also commonly used in a context where one person has decisively finished an argument and the other arguing party(ies) have nothing else to say.
"Owned" can also be used to signify self-contradiction, when someone has been injured in a comical/funny way, or when someone has fallen victim to a practical joke. For example, someone may be 'owned' if they base their knowledge on a source, but then are contradicted by the very source on which they 'based' their knowledge upon.
| Credited cast: | ||
| Tom Hanks | .... | Robert Langdon |
| Audrey Tautou | .... | Sophie Neveu |
| Ian McKellen | .... | Sir Leigh Teabing |
| Jean Reno | .... | Bezu Fache |
| Alfred Molina | .... | Bishop Aringarosa |
| Clive Carter | .... | Police Captain Biggin Hill |
| Seth Gabel | .... | Cleric |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | ||
| Jean-Yves Berteloot | .... | Remy |
| Paul Bettany | .... | Silas |
| Etienne Chicot | .... | Opus Dei Member |
| Daisy Doidge-Hill | .... | Young Sophie Neveu |
| Christopher Fosh | .... | ARU Policeman |
| Joe Grossi | .... | Church Official |
| Jean-Pierre Marielle | .... | Jacques Sauniere |
| Jürgen Prochnow | .... | Vernet |
| Harry Taylor | .... | British Police Captain |
