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TheNerfGuy
Since: Mar, 2011

Most of the examples of Insult Backfire are situations where one person attempts to insult another, but the target doesn't take the comment as an insult.
What I'm looking for is a trope where the speaker insults another person, but in doing so inadvertently insults themself.
The situation I'm thinking of comes from real life (17th century Germany, to be specific). Princess Charlotte, married to Prince Karl, searches the room of Luise, a Lady-in-Waiting. There, she finds love letters Karl has written to Luise, along with some of her own jewels that Karl had given to Luise. Charlotte calls in Karl's sisters, shows them the jewels, and says, "Princesses, these are the rewards of a whore! Shouldn't they be mine?" Karl's sisters find that comment hilarious. Is that an Insult Backfire?