In a week where Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership election for a second time, the word of the week is:
Owened (verb)
To be totally publicly humiliated.
Origin:
Jonn Elledge
Usage:
“LOL, Owened.”
“Corbyn totally Owened Smith when it came to the Isis question.”
“You thought you’d win, but you were Owened.”
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