Meaning of self-own | Babel Free

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A situation in which someone unintentionally embarrasses or undermines themself.

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“All of this has set⟳ the stage⟳ for ownage’s latest twist⟳: the rise⟳ of the self-own. If an own⟳ exposes another person’s ignorance, a self-own reveals your own⟳ obliviousness. During the campaign, Bobby Jindal tried to insult President Trump on Twitter but ended up suggesting that only fools would donate to Jindal’s campaign: “We have⟳ met. You wrote a check. A fool & his money are soon parted. A fool & his dad’s money are parted sooner.” Jindal owned himself.”

“"Unfortunately, ... we've had some incidents on travel⟳ dating back to when I first started serving in the March-April timeframe," [Scott] Pruitt told the Union Leader, which is hilarious because up to that point⟳ Pruitt never willingly spoke with a union leader. "We live⟳ in a very toxic environment politically, particularly around issues of the environment." Besides that final quote being the grand champion of self-owns, publication of the interview led to more information about Pruitt's first-class habit.”

“Although—I will admit⟳, I'm really enjoying what a self-own some of your logic is. You're like⟳, "oh no we can't let⟳ trans girls compete⟳ against cis girls because we believe⟳ that trans girls are actually boys and everybody knows boys are athletically and intellectually superior to girls in every way and so we must protect⟳ our dumb weak daughters from being embarrassed."”

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