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to bring a result opposite to that which was planned or expected.
They never learn even after all the games they play continue to backfire on them.
by Goddess12* December 22, 2013
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v. collectively or individually finding someone/something to blame for a problem, as opposed to brainstorming which connotes finding solutions to a problem

n. the act of finding someone/something to blame for a problem

(from a TV ad for HD television)
The committee commenced blamestorming over the situation rather than seeking solutions to the problem.
by TBea April 22, 2008
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The moment where, when you're taking a shit, a large pocket of gas (referred to as a future-fart) that was resting mid-shit or between two shits escapes as you're passing your lovelog, resulting in a sudden violent fart than not only propels your previously freefalling turd at Mach 2 speeds, but also results in a pleasing shotgun blast of turdlings across the toilet bowl.

A backfire is so named for it's similarity to a car backfiring.
"Man, I was taking a dump and backfired, and now I get 'Nam flashbacks when I visit the shitter."
by TheTurdBurglar December 28, 2013
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The prefix given to an internet thread predicting the future that fails miserably, causing lulz.
PackedLunch's thread just got a Backfire tag
by MorganAshlee February 28, 2015
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When you're about to fart, and something extra (and usually liquid) explodes out of the ass.
I was going to light my fart on fire at the party, but a few seconds later everyone got hit by my backfire.
by Smackdown Lane June 19, 2006
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When a man is receiving a blowjob and upon finishing inside the mouth of the giver, the contents are spat back in his direction.
Last night my girlfriend backfired all over my chest!
by Emmett T March 02, 2010
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After a really serious depressing prediction about the future of an old pensioners death the definition is when the old pensioner makes a funny remark which ruins the seriousness and brings the convocation back to normal levels.
Psychic: you will burn in the fiery pits of hell for the rest of eternity....

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Pensioner: I'm not boiling in no freaking coldron

Psychic: well that was a backfire
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