shit on your own doorstep

A relationship of any form between you and a person you know is going to cause trouble. Especialy true if you know the releationship has little or no meaning/future but you want to string it out anyway even though its gonna cause shit ex-girlfriend/boyfriend, friend of a brother/sister, close workmate or enemy of best mate are usually the other person

you shit on your own doorstep big time there bob... its all turned to crap and you still have to work with her till the end of the summer

by uglypoo July 26, 2009

don't shit in your own backyard

A variant of "don't bite the hand that feeds you", 'Don't shit in your own backyard' means don't trash a good thing, take advantage of or ruin a close relationship. If you have a positive situation or loving or giving person in your life, you should be careful to protect it/them. When you abuse the situation, person or relationship and deliberately commit an act that you know is potentially harmful or injurious to the situation or person that is good to you, you run the risk of ruining it. Any act that you know would hurt the one with whom you are affiliated and potentially ruin the relationship forever if they found out. The hospitable one (the house with the yard or security) is fouled or injured by your actions (shit upon) which ultimately poisons the soil (the growth medium, sustaining qualities that nurture). Conscious or willful sabotage through selfish actions that generally involves planning and premeditation but can be impulsive. An ultimate act of betrayal through a degree of separation that taints or destroys a perfectly good thing or relationship for no good reason.

Examples of "don't shit in your own backyard" would include pursuing/sleeping with your best friend's or bosses' spouse or significant other; pursuing/sleeping with a mentor's friend; pursuing/sleeping with a friend's close friend that you're interested in; using a person to get close to another; stealing your parent's/friend's car; ditching a loving parent for another adult; keeping secrets you know would further hurt the injured party; wiping the house you're staying at clean; stealing from a friend or relative.

by O'Katalina January 15, 2014

Blackpink paved their own way

it is a world wide universally accepted reality

person 1: Blackpink paved their own way
person 2: yeah so true spill

by popfandom June 27, 2021

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

A phrase used by a person who likes to eat shit, to some extent knows that eating shit is bad for them, but doesn't acknowledge that fact and therefore dismiss it.

It can be seen as a modern analogy to Plato's cave.

Example (à la Patrick's wallet meme):

PC user: You know that the baseline Mac Pro costs 5 times as much money than a similarly-spec'd windows based machine, right?

Apple user: Yup.

PC user: And you know that you can custom build your own PC, right?

Apple user: Yup.

PC user: And even get a similar Mac Pro computer case?

Apple user: Yup.

PC user: And configure it to run Mac OS?

Apple user: Yup.

PC user: Then why did you buy the Mac Pro?!?!??

Apple user: Cus I reject your reality and substitute my own.

PC user: *facepalm*

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian June 20, 2020

Bli Own

A statement of supreme ownage. Derived from the original phrase, "I own." First made famous in the movie, Summertime Blues which can be seen at www.oblivionpictures.com

Timmy: Dude you just bulls-eyed a womp rat.
Luke: Bli own.

by RiotSauce December 14, 2006

mind your own

Shortened version of "mind your own business." What you would tell to someone giving unwanted advice or butting in a debate/argument that has nothing to do with them.

1. Mom A. "Why do you feed your baby FORMULA??!! That's like feeding her poison!!!"

Mom B. At least I can FEED my baby. Shut up and mind your own.

by umakemesick November 5, 2015

eating your own dog food

To use one's own product or service. Originally applied to software companies using their own software in-house, the meaning can extend to any situation that might impose some burden on customers, clientele, constituency, co-workers, etc.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) proposed an amendment requiring members of Congress and their staffs to buy health insurance on the exchanges they are setting up, forcing lawmakers to get insurance the same way some of their constituents will. In some circles, this is known as "eating your own dog food."

-- from electoral-vote.com, 14 Oct 2009

A (historical) example of -not- eating your own dog food would be Microsoft developers using IBM's OS/2 operating system while developing Windows software because it was more stable than their own operating system (Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 at the time).

by jevanyn October 14, 2009