Is there a name for this specific concept? Where somebody invents something (to do them good) but then that thing turns around and backfires on them?
Is there a name for this specific concept? Where somebody invents something (to do them good) but then that thing turns around and backfires on them?
Indeed - for OP’s purposes, I came up with this (but I don’t speak German, so it may make no sense at all): Erfindungselbstfehlzündung
Google seems to like it well enough!
Or better, Erfindungdererfinderselbstfehlzündung:
German words are all made up.
:-)
The first one works, the second doesn’t. You cannot simply put any words together.
Well, not with that attitude… ;-)
Nah, fair enough - as I said, I can’t speak German, so was just mucking about trying to get something that might be plausible. Thanks for clarifying.