What's it called when an inventor's invention backfires on them?
What's it called when an inventor's invention 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?
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Let's call it "Keuriged". The Keurig guy had so much regret on his polluting invention. Not sure if there is an actual term for this though.
I think Segwayed is better because James Heseldon, inventor of the Segway, died after riding a Segway off a cliff.
Edit: apologies! Apparently he didn't invent the Segway, just owned the company
Segwayed has got to be the new word of there isn't one already!
Not to be confused with segued, which is 'to move easily and without interruption from one piece of music, part of a story, subject, or situation to another'.
Didn't own the company just the sole British distribution rights
edit to add: He lived on the south coast, used and enjoyed the product, and was moving out of the way for a pedestrian on a narrow path and went backwards over the cliff edge. A tragedy that doesn't belong in this thread.