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?
Hmm…
I guess “outvention” works well, because… “out” is the opposite of “in”, which is in “invention”.