banninate fail
When a mod or admin tries to ban someone but fumbles it — banning the wrong account, issuing a ban that gets reversed, or failing to actually remove the problem.
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When a mod or admin tries to ban someone but fumbles it — banning the wrong account, issuing a ban that gets reversed, or failing to actually remove the problem. A humiliating L for anyone with ban privileges.
Classic banninate fail — he banned himself by accident.
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