To be foiled by your own advantage(i.e., explosives prematurely explode).
The history of the phrase comes from the uses of a petard in a seige (a petard is a volitile early explosive capable of bringing down castle walls). To be hoisted is to be lifted or sent up, which is generally what would happen to you if you were near a petard when it goes off (and that's if you got off lucky).
The term, "Hoisted on my own petard" is incorrect (unless of course you were pulled up while on a petard, but that'd be clinicly stupid) in that the meaning is altered. This bastardization is built upon the assumtion that a petard is a spear.
The history of the phrase comes from the uses of a petard in a seige (a petard is a volitile early explosive capable of bringing down castle walls). To be hoisted is to be lifted or sent up, which is generally what would happen to you if you were near a petard when it goes off (and that's if you got off lucky).
The term, "Hoisted on my own petard" is incorrect (unless of course you were pulled up while on a petard, but that'd be clinicly stupid) in that the meaning is altered. This bastardization is built upon the assumtion that a petard is a spear.
Sergeant- "Did you plant all the claymores Corporal Johnson?"
Corporal- "Yes sir."
Sergeant- "Where did you plant them."
Corporal- *Looks around shiftily* "Ummmm..."
Sergeant- "You don't know do you?"
Corporal- "No."
Sergeant- "Hoisted by my own petard."
Synonym- see clusterfuck
Corporal- "Yes sir."
Sergeant- "Where did you plant them."
Corporal- *Looks around shiftily* "Ummmm..."
Sergeant- "You don't know do you?"
Corporal- "No."
Sergeant- "Hoisted by my own petard."
Synonym- see clusterfuck
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Get the homsar mug.The mental state where one has officially drank enough alcohol to be considered on an equivalent level with a retard. Typical symptoms include loss of ability to speak, hear, or perform basic life sustaining tasks. In order to determine the number of drinks one must consume to qualify for the status of drinking himself retarded a simple formula can be used:
Take the number of hours since you have started drinking and multiply it by the IQ of a retard that you personally know (This number normally ranges from 4 - 27). In rare cases retards with down syndrome have a higher IQ. However drinking has not been shown to force the development of an extra 21st chromosome (the cause of down syndrome) and for this reason their IQs are not acceptable for the equation.
Recap: Drinking Yourself Retarded = (# hours since you started drinking) x (IQ of a retard you personally know)
This will equal the number of drinks you need to have consumed at any given time to be considered officially retarded.
Ironically this equation works in an inverse manner. If the retard you personally know is only slightly retarded (IQ in upper 20's) then you will drink yourself to severe retardation using the formula. If the person you know is a full blown retard (IQ around 6) then you will drink yourself to the level of only slight retardation.
Take the number of hours since you have started drinking and multiply it by the IQ of a retard that you personally know (This number normally ranges from 4 - 27). In rare cases retards with down syndrome have a higher IQ. However drinking has not been shown to force the development of an extra 21st chromosome (the cause of down syndrome) and for this reason their IQs are not acceptable for the equation.
Recap: Drinking Yourself Retarded = (# hours since you started drinking) x (IQ of a retard you personally know)
This will equal the number of drinks you need to have consumed at any given time to be considered officially retarded.
Ironically this equation works in an inverse manner. If the retard you personally know is only slightly retarded (IQ in upper 20's) then you will drink yourself to severe retardation using the formula. If the person you know is a full blown retard (IQ around 6) then you will drink yourself to the level of only slight retardation.
Look at Chino, he is showing no facial expressions, drooling on himself, pissed his pants, and cant seem to make basic complete sentences. I think he must have drank himself retarded.
Dude, Dan shit his pants, is speaking incoherently, and is trying to argue with a bar stool. He has drank himself retarded.
Dude, Dan shit his pants, is speaking incoherently, and is trying to argue with a bar stool. He has drank himself retarded.
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