Self-own

Quick meaning: Self-own is a noun meaning (Internet slang) A situation in which someone unintentionally embarrasses or undermines themself.

Meaning

(Internet slang) A situation in which someone unintentionally embarrasses or undermines themself.

Example Sentences

Although—I will admit, I'm really enjoying what a self-own some of your logic is. You're like, "oh no we can't let trans girls compete against cis girls because we believe that trans girls are actually boys and everybody knows boys are athletically and intellectually superior to girls in every way and so we must protect our dumb weak daughters from being embarrassed."

All of this has set the stage for ownage’s latest twist: the rise of the self-own. If an own exposes another person’s ignorance, a self-own reveals your own obliviousness. During the campaign, Bobby Jindal tried to insult President Trump on Twitter but ended up suggesting that only fools would donate to Jindal’s campaign: “We have met. You wrote a check. A fool & his money are soon parted. A fool & his dad’s money are parted sooner.” Jindal owned himself.

Word Forms

• self-owns

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include self-deletion, selfawarewolf, self-mockery, egofag, selfsucker, humblebrag.

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