self-own

Etymology
en, in verb sense, from Internet and gaming subculture.

Noun

 * 1)  A situation in which someone unintentionally embarrasses or undermines themselves.
 * 2) * 2022, Violet Austerlitz, letter to the editor, Little Village, April 2022, page 15-16:
 * 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."
 * 1) * 2022, Violet Austerlitz, letter to the editor, Little Village, April 2022, page 15-16:
 * 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."