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self-owns

self-owns is the plural of self-own.

Meaning of self-own

Noun

self-own (plural self-owns)

  1. (Internet) A situation in which someone unintentionally embarrasses or undermines themself.
    • 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...2017 April 2, Amanda Hess, “Identity Theft [online title: None of Us Are Safe From Getting ‘Owned’]”, in New York Times Magazine, page 11
    Synonyms:
    own goal

Questions about self-owns

What is self-owns the plural of?
Self-owns is the plural of self-own.

Words near self-owns in the dictionary

  1. self-organizing
  2. self-organizing map
  3. self-organizing maps
  4. self-originated
  5. self-own
  6. self-owns
  7. self-paced
  8. self-palpation
  9. self-parasitic
  10. self-parasitism
  11. self-pardon

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