English

footgun

From foot + gun.

A compound of foot + gun

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’

Proto-West Germanic *fōt

Old English fōt ‘foot’

Middle English fot ‘foot’

English foot

Middle English gunne

English gun

Today it means

noun Any feature likely to lead to the programmer or user shooting themselves in the foot.

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