I know this doesn't excuse or justify anything, but technically that word has its etymological roots in seizing or devaluing. Online video game communities use it interchangeably with "wrecked (rekt)", "pwnd", and other various slang terms that ultimately amount to short-hand for, "I triumphed over you so thoroughly that you should feel demoralized."
I've been plenty guilty of throwing -that- word around nonchalantly in the past, back when I didn't much care for how others might take it. Been gradually phasing it out of my own vocabulary and using the aforementioned alternatives instead.
tl;dr: it's a case of differing social values from one individual to another, namely how much weight and import we give to what other people say.
EDIT: Warren quit ninja'ing me, you're a PLD, you're supposed to be slow.
I've been plenty guilty of throwing -that- word around nonchalantly in the past, back when I didn't much care for how others might take it. Been gradually phasing it out of my own vocabulary and using the aforementioned alternatives instead.
tl;dr: it's a case of differing social values from one individual to another, namely how much weight and import we give to what other people say.
EDIT: Warren quit ninja'ing me, you're a PLD, you're supposed to be slow.