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a plan that rebounds adversely on the originator; has the opposite effect to what was intended, creating public humiliation

backfire rebound boomerang
Devin Nunes self-owned himself in magnificent fashion when he filed his case against Twitter.
by Beautybind March 20, 2019
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A cultural and aesthetic mind-state that prioritizes making money, even as an “underground” or “radical” creator. The work isn’t made for money, but it’s the money that matters the most.
“Dude, his stuff is pretty out there but he’s still pretty Finance Punk.”
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The word is pretty obvious. If you own yourself.
It's actually making a comment that makes yourself look stupid.
Usually used on forums.
Yesterday I forgot my girlfriend's name, and she dumped me.
Reply:
Oh my God, that's so self-owned
by King Alcohol May 12, 2006
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when someone gets self-owned means that the reason of ownage aren't the owning guy's abilities/skills/etc. but the owned guy's stupidity/lack of skills or abilities/etc.

basically said, someone gets self-owned because he does something stupid

who owned him isn't extraordinary, but the owned guy himself is worse than others

similar to selfd
table tennis player 1: (trying to hit the incoming ball while actually hitting the table, dropping the bat and screaming)

table tennis player 2: "haha so self-owned"
by forceNet June 28, 2007
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