darwin out
To get removed from a situation (or hurt/killed) because you did something very stupid — like natural selection.
Meanings
(Dark humour/internet slang) To be eliminated — usually through injury, death, or failure — as a result of one's own extreme stupidity or recklessness, evoking the idea of natural selection removing unfit individuals.
"Anyone who tries to selfie on the edge of that cliff is going to darwin out sooner or later."
Derived from 'Darwin Award', an ironic internet concept celebrating people who eliminate themselves through extreme stupidity. Used darkly humorously. Not appropriate in formal or sensitive contexts. Primarily internet and youth slang, global English.
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