footgun

== English == === Etymology === From foot +‎ gun. === Pronunciation === === Noun === footgun (plural footguns) (programming slang, humorous, derogatory) Any feature likely to lead to the programmer or user shooting themselves in the foot. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) by extension, generalised from (1.): An opportunity or object that allows the unfortunate to mostly figuratively but sometimes literally shoot themselves in the foot. A less obvious footgun may be a pitfall (1.). === Verb === footgun (third-person singular simple present footguns, present participle footgunning, simple past and past participle footgunned) (idiomatic) To shoot oneself in the foot.