text: what does i pwn noobs mean? i pwn noobs.  there are alot of peeps at my school that wear a shirt that says that and they tell me it means that they kick new peples butts when they play online games..is this true? yes pwn means own they are basically saying i own noobs (newbies)pwn comes from a video game called warcraft that had an error message it was  supposed to say player has been owned instead it read player has been pwned. on a tshirt it is basically a sign that they are a gamer a damn good gamer.