The act of using somebody's words against them, usually when something to their great detriment is about to be inflicted upon them. Usually in the form of a gloating statement.
Kuzko: "Okay, I admit it. Maybe I wasn't as nice as I should have been. But, Yzma, do you really want to kill me?"
Yzma: "Just think of it as you're being let go...that your life's going in a different direction...that your body's part of
a permanent outplacement."
Kronk: "Hey, that's kind of like what he said to you when you got fired."
Yzma: "I know. It's called a cruel irony...like my dependence on you."
Yzma: "Just think of it as you're being let go...that your life's going in a different direction...that your body's part of
a permanent outplacement."
Kronk: "Hey, that's kind of like what he said to you when you got fired."
Yzma: "I know. It's called a cruel irony...like my dependence on you."
by NakedInTheRain January 28, 2010