Definition of own goal

own goal    

noun

• something self-defeating.

                                                                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from iPhone 6S Vs iPhone 6: What's The Difference?, Forbes, Gordon Kelly, 31 May 2016 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.

  Last edited on Jun 05 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 05 2018.

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Other terms relating to 'a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate':
snafu	Definitions include: Acronym for "situation normal, all fucked up."
doozy	Definitions include: something especially bad.
off-base	Definitions include: based on faulty information or suspicions.
cross the line	Definitions include: to do something inappropriate.
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
janky	Definitions include: broken or functioning poorly or improperly; "messed up".
back *sswards	Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards".
crash	Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony.
jacked up	Definitions include: injured.
green	Definitions include: in agreement.
twisted	Definitions include: sadistic; "messed up".
bull stuff	Definitions include: censored version of "bullshit".
play	Definitions include: sexual activity.
Barney	Definitions include: the police.
bullsh*t	Definitions include: to jokingly deceive.
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Other terms relating to 'goal':
score an own goal	Definitions include: See own goal.
stretch goal	Definitions include: a goal beyond one's current goal.
Other terms relating to 'own':
after (one's) own heart	Definitions include: having the same ideas, beliefs, or behavior as one's self.
a taste of (one's) own medicine	Definitions include: the experience of some unpleasantness that one gives to others.
beat (one's) own drum	Definitions include: to praise one's self.
blow (one's) own horn	Definitions include: to be aggressive in communicating one's own achievements.
blow (one's) own trumpet	Definitions include: to praise one's self.
BYO	Definitions include: "bring your own..."
BYOB	Definitions include: acronym for "bring your own beer", "bring your own bottle", or "bring your own booze".
BYOW	Definitions include: "bring your own wine".
come into (one's) own	Definitions include: to reach a point in one's development where one's comfortable with one's self.
DYOH	Definitions include: acronym for "do your own homework".
eat (one's) own dog food	Definitions include: for a company's products to be used internally.
get owned	Definitions include: See own.
know (one's) own name	Definitions include: Clueless.
like (one's) own brand	Definitions include: to enjoy the smell of one's own flatulence.
mind (one's) own beeswax	Definitions include: "mind (one's) own business."
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