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    [Verb]  | "back*fire" | \ ˈbak-ˌfī(-ə)r \


    1: to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect

    2: to make or undergo a backfire


    Origin: 1852 ;

    [Noun]  | "backfire" 


    1: a loud noise caused by the improperly timed explosion of fuel mixture in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine

    2: a fire started to check an advancing fire by clearing an area


    Origin: 1801 ;

    [Verb]  | "backfires" 


    1: to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect;


      * e.g., " ... my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday "



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    [Verb]  | "backfire" 


    1: to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect;


      * e.g., " ... my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday "



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    [Noun]  | "backfires" 


    1: as in wildfires, bonfires;


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     [ "Backfire" ]

    1: to bring a result opposite to that which was planned or expected.

      * e.g.,  ... They never learn even after all the games they play continue to backfire on them. 

     [ "the backfire" ]

    1: when a guy is at dinner and gets up to say goodbye, he stands up and reaches over the table to hug someone, and he inadvertently places his cannon within one inch of someone (who is still sitting down) at the table's face. the backfire-ee, if you will, then sharply turns their head not knowing their is a cannon pointed right at their face, and then proceeds to make full blown facial contact with the shaft and the ballbag of the backfire-er

      * e.g.,  ... 1) holy shit man, that one time at the house of blues, i was giving my girl a hug goodbye, and i totally gave ginnie mae the backfire 2) 

     [ "backfired" ]

    1: Verb; An attempt to fix something in which the fixing actually makes the situation worse for you. Common on the internet when an arguement "backfires" and makes you look stupid.

      * e.g.,  ... nub 1:My mom is not FAT! See! *insert link* 

     [ "backfire" ]

    1: The moment where, when you're taking a shit, a large pocket of gas (referred to as a future-fart) that was resting mid-shit or between two shits escapes as you're passing your lovelog, resulting in a sudden violent fart than not only propels your previously freefalling turd at Mach 2 speeds, but also results in a pleasing shotgun blast of turdlings across the toilet bowl. A backfire is so named for it's similarity to a car backfiring.

      * e.g.,  ... "Man, I was taking a dump and backfired, and now I get 'Nam flashbacks when I visit the shitter." 

     [ "Backfired" ]

    1: The sound your vehicle makes when you drive a Ford

      * e.g.,  ... Hey, did you hear that car backfired, sounded like a shotgun? 

     [ "backfire" ]

    1: When you're about to fart, and something extra (and usually liquid) explodes out of the ass.

      * e.g.,  ... I was going to light my fart on fire at the party, but a few seconds later everyone got hit by my backfire. 

     [ "Backfire" ]

    1: When a man is receiving a blowjob and upon finishing inside the mouth of the giver, the contents are spat back in his direction.

      * e.g.,  ... Last night my girlfriend backfired all over my chest! 

     [ "Backfire" ]

    1: After a really serious depressing prediction about the future of an old pensioners death the definition is when the old pensioner makes a funny remark which ruins the seriousness and brings the convocation back to normal levels.

      * e.g.,  ... Psychic: you will burn in the fiery pits of hell for the rest of eternity.... ... Pensioner: I'm not boiling in no freaking coldron Psychic: well that was a backfire 

     [ "Backfire" ]

    1: The prefix given to an internet thread predicting the future that fails miserably, causing lulz.

      * e.g.,  ... PackedLunch's thread just got a Backfire tag 

     [ "Backfire" ]

    1: When the intended consequence of a corrupt plan to set someone up does not go as planned, and instead you are exposed with concrete evidence of your misdoings.

      * e.g.,  ... " They stalked, harassed and even spied on him but their plan backfired because they dropped their camera running off the property they illegally trespassed on and he was able to prove the harassment finally." 

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