Owned

[Quattrocento]

My children bafflingly shriek "owned" whenever anyone retorts.

What is "owned" in this sense? How can I own my daughter (as DS triumphantly proclaimed last week)? It doesn't sound legal.
Can "ownership" change during the course of a conversation?

What happens with pre-owned people? How do they get to break their chains of bondage?

Seriously, I do want to know ...

[BigBadMummy]

See this

I guess it is the first one in your instance!

[Poledra]

I believe the old term for it was 'slavery'......

[TheCatAteMyGymsuit]

I'm sure it originated as a poker expression, but could be wrong; perhaps it's generic gaming-speak? (am afraid I like it and use it rather a lot).

[Quattrocento]

I did think it was some form of slavery and wondered what I should do now that I apparently own my DD.

THanks for the link, btw. It's useful

Still don't understand when the period of ownership ends. Or how.

[CaptainNancy]

This has a better explanation.