self-own
noun [ C usually singular ] US informal uk/ˌselfˈəʊn/ us/ˌselfˈoʊn/
无意中让自己难堪，因为说了蠢话或做了打脸的事情
a statement or an act in which you unintentionally embarrass yourself or harm yourself in some way
The attempted smear, one user wrote, was the "best self-own of 2020." 一位用户写道，这次的未遂抹黑事件是“2020年最典型的搬起石头砸自己的脚”。
How much does the humiliation of a self-own really matter in the real world of politics? 在现实世界的政治生活里，自我打脸的羞辱是不是什么要紧的事情？
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- This tweet is just a massive self-own.
- Naming the book in this way has become the ultimate self-own.
- You can always guarantee whatever comes out this dude's mouth will be a self-own.
self-own
verb [ I or T ] US informal uk/ˌselfˈəʊn/ us/ˌselfˈoʊn/
无意间做了让自己感到尴尬的事（特别是做了些引火烧身的事），不小心黑到自己，自黑
to say or do something that makes you unintentionally embarrass yourself or harm yourself in some way
She self-owns so often that sane people wonder why she still maintains a public profile. 她屡屡自己黑到自己，以至于理智的人都纳闷她为什么还在公众场合出没。
He just totally self-owned himself. 他简直是彻底自黑了。
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- You self-owned there, big time!
- It turns out that if you hold enough power, you can self-own all you want and keep grinning in the face of the jeers.
- One cannot self-own without trying to own someone else.