Business jargon for to tell oneself, admit to oneself, remind oneself. Can also be used in a non-business context.
Best deployed in the tone of cold, calculated impersonality so beloved of financial types.
Also useful for the handwringing mustn't judge self-help sector
Best deployed in the tone of cold, calculated impersonality so beloved of financial types.
Also useful for the handwringing mustn't judge self-help sector
Ryan needs to self-message that running a million dollar a week loss is not a sustainable business proposition.
Rhonda, I think it would be great if you could self-message tha t maybe continuing your meth addiction isn't the optimum life choice for your 8 children
Rhonda, I think it would be great if you could self-message tha t maybe continuing your meth addiction isn't the optimum life choice for your 8 children
by Portmagee May 20, 2012
A business/psychobabble jargon alternative to "tell oneself". Best used by people who want to fool others into thinking they are
a. Extraordinarily efficient and professional
b. Entirely empathetic and non-judgemental
a. Extraordinarily efficient and professional
b. Entirely empathetic and non-judgemental
"I think Bill needs to self-message that his turning up drunk to the weekly efficiency meetings is entirely inappropriate"
"I think you need to self-message that selling your children into slavery is not a viable solution to your financial issues involving access to crack"
"I think you need to self-message that selling your children into slavery is not a viable solution to your financial issues involving access to crack"
by Portmaguese July 12, 2012
guy 1: holy shit! that fag just shit himself!
guy2: damn, all over the roler coster and the people behind him too!
guy 1: thats what you call self-relef
guy2: damn, all over the roler coster and the people behind him too!
guy 1: thats what you call self-relef
by embarrisedonrollercoaster April 21, 2010
A Self-Inflicted Flashbang is when a male is masturbating and he claps his own ears as hard as possible. The stream of seminal fluid is directed at his eyes.
by The Last Peacelord January 24, 2021
by Skogsmulle October 06, 2017
An act that turns out to be against one's own best interests. A self-scam can often be a decision which creates more problems than it solves, or that causes more trouble than it's worth. Often used to describe actions that turn out to be bad financially, or that are time-inefficient.
Buying a car is a huge financial liability. It is basically a self-scam.
I realized the module I created was more of a self-scam, because it adds a bunch of new bugs to the codebase.
Stress is just a self-scam. It does not speed up the work, and causes more mistakes.
I realized the module I created was more of a self-scam, because it adds a bunch of new bugs to the codebase.
Stress is just a self-scam. It does not speed up the work, and causes more mistakes.
by Larsluster June 09, 2021
traffic management without the presence of traffic cops on the roads. Under such a system, drivers and pedestrians strictly obey the traffic rules, e.g. by following the traffic light system, as if there were traffic cops managing traffic.
Traffic self-management is like a hard nut to crack when it comes to implementing it.
by uttam maharjan December 11, 2010