User blog comment:Meighan/Tracking Contributions: Wiki Activity/@comment-3562424-20110910234556/@comment-168424-20110913002609

FYI, Pwned is much more likely the original word used, not Pwn by itself. Also, Pwned most likely originated from the many gamers, who couldn't spell to save their lives, who pressed 'P' instead of 'O' (they're right next to each other on the standard QWERTY keyboard) when trying to spell 'Owned'.