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That Came Out Wrong is the correct trope. Open Mouth, Insert Foot is typically reserved for when it can be taken as an insult due to poor wording and consideration on the speaker's part.
"If you spent as much time fightin' as ye did hidin', maybe this wouldn't have happened!"
Actually, that sounds more like Open Mouth, Insert Foot, since That Came Out Wrong describes itself as being specifically about an innocuous statement being misconstrued as something dirty.
Most of the examples on That Came Out Wrong are of accidental sexual innuendo, but there are some non-sexual ones. I agree that the spirit of Open Mouth, Insert Foot is that of accidental insults to particular people or groups, while That Came Out Wrong is about implying things you didn't mean.
Either That Came Out Wrong's description or its laconic needs to be updated so they agree on this issue.
Edited by TheGreatConversation kissed by aliens
I'm trying to decide which trope more accurately describes this quote:
That Came Out Wrong's description seems to imply that it is only for accidental innuendos, but the laconic does not make that specification. And Open Mouth, Insert Foot's laconic is practically identical. Which is more accurate? Or is there another trope entirely I haven't been able to find?
Edited by TheGreatConversation