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May eventually lead to [[Shutting Up Now]].
See also [[That Came Out Wrong]], [[Freudian Slippery Slope]], [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]. Compare [[Verbal Backpedaling]].
Contrast [[Change the Uncomfortable Subject]].
Not to be confused with [[Dug in Deeper]] where someone pursues something because they're told they're great at it, even though they're not, or [[Dug Too Deep]], which is about physical digging.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Kaorin]] has this one in ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]: [[Updated Rerelease|Supplementary Materials]]'':
{{quote| '''Kaorin''': ''(Sigh) [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Sakaki]] is [[Fan Girl|so cool]]...''<br />
'''Osaka''': ''[[The Cuckoolander Was Right|Kaorin, are you gay?]]''<br />
'''Kaorin''': ''[[You Keep Using That Word|The correct term is lesbian]]! [[That Came Out Wrong|Uh, not that I'm a lesbian]]!! ''(next strip)'' It's just, you know, [[Romantic Two
''(Beat)''<br />
'''Osaka''': Huh? }}
* Happens in an [[Baker's Dozen|extra episode]] of ''[[Durarara]]'', when some poor sod attempts to talk down [[Hair
* Early in ''[[AIR (Visual Novel)|AIR]]'', Yukito's explanation about why he was hugging Kano is like this, and leads to Hijiri getting angry and charging him with scalpels. Luckily, [[Dojikko|Misuzu's]] intervention means that Hijiri's reaction is [[Played for Laughs]].
* In ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'', Keima has an accidental pervert moment with Haqua with a [[Tsundere|predictable]] result despite him not even really caring. A bit later, he reassures her by saying he has no memory of her naked body anyway. This might help normally, only Haqua is already bothered by the way he never shows attraction to anyone or anything outside of his games. Cue getting hit again.
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{{quote| '''Beetle:''' My armor should be able to track the watchamatrix's energy sig, but the tracking's all kaflooey. Probability-alteration factor, maybe?...I'm sorry! I'm not making excuses. I swear! I know you hate excuses! I'm trying, I promise! I just-<br />
'''Batman:''' Jaime... Relax.<br />
'''Beetle:''' ...Ohmygodyou'renotreallyBatman... [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|OhgodIsaidthatoutloud]]...<br />
'''Batman:''' Jaime...<br />
'''Beetle:''' ''What?'' <small>Don't kill me</small>. }}
* Rocky (from the Swedish furry comic, not the boxer) once gets into this when meeting his current girlfriend's father (I think it was...). He wants to compliment him on his house, but makes a [[Freudian Slip]] and substitutes "dick" for "house", and then it gets worse. The girlfriend's father shuts him up with the wonderful comeback: "Kid, if you've put your foot in your mouth, at least have the sense to stand still!"
* Used as a visual metaphor in the furry comic ''[[ISO]]'', when Cody has to swiftly make up lies about his supposed girlfriend to keep his parents from finding out about Doug, as well as the fact he's on the outs with Todd [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and has a roommate he can't stand]].
* The tie-in comic for [[Star Trek Elite Force]] involves Beissman responding enthusiastically to the assignment of [[Distracted By the Sexy|watching Seven's back.]] She handles it in her [[Deadpan Snarker|usual manner.]]
{{quote| '''Seven:''' That hole you're digging is getting deeper.}}
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{{quote| '''Woman''': Everyone in the building has been so nice to me.<br />
'''Jim''': Well, that's because you've got big jugs! [[Oh Crap|I mean, your boobs are huge.]] [[Backhanded Compliment|I mean, I want to squeeze them.]] [[Digging Yourself Deeper|I mean...]] }}
* Done rather drolly in ''[[The Great New Wonderful]]''. Pastry chef Emme, along with her assistants, is presenting a line of birthday cakes to a wealthy Park Avenue girl. The girl expresses interest in one cake, commenting on how beautiful it is. One of Emme's assistants, Justin, then chimes in with [[What an Idiot!|"And it's easy on the hips."]] Another assistant hastily bails him out by explaining that the cake is a low-density one that doesn't require a lot of processed sugar to hold it up. When he's done, Justin says [[Failsafe Failure|"That just basically means it's less fattening."]]
* Happens to Cady repeatedly in ''[[Mean Girls]]''. She refers to the phenomenon as 'word vomit'.
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** Basil digs himself even deeper that night, while bidding the psychiatrist and his wife good night
{{quote| Basil: Well then, I'll leave you to it. I mean, to go to bed! To *sleep*! To sleep, perchance to dream.}}
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'', Greatest Hits, "Songs of the Motorcycle."
{{quote| '''Ryan:''' "Hi. How are you? We don't know what you're watching, so we're not gonna tell you when we're gonna return you to it."<br />
'''Colin:''' "Oh, w-- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMwHxLuqwpQ We're watching animal porn]!" [[[Beat]]] *double [[Face Palm]]*<br />
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'''Peter:''' ''Ewww!'' }}
* Used in ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' when Crusher is staring down Daffy:
{{quote| '''Daffy:''' You'll have to pardon my friend. The heat's getting to him. He's not used to this. He's not a hardened criminal like you. I mean, I shouldn't assume that you're a hardened criminal. But in my defense, you do have a Neanderthal-shaped head, which I normally equate with stupidity--uh, not that you're stupid. I just mean that you ''look'' stupid. I don't mean that as an insult. I mean, some people think stupid to mean cool, like "That's a stupid car," "You've got a stupid apartment"...I wish I could stop talking. I'm just very nervous right now. I tend to ramble when I'm nervous. You know what the word "ramble" means? You're probably too ''stupid'' to know! [[What an Idiot!|And here, I mean stupid-stupid, not stupid-cool!]]}}
* From [[Robots|Robots:]]
{{quote| '''Ratchet:''' No, wait, please listen to me. You can't do this to me. This job is my life. It means everything to me. You don't know what I've done to get here. The lies I've told! The lives I've ruined! Wait... this isn't helping me!}}
* In [[The Simpsons]] episode "Girls Just Want To Have Sums", while Principal Skinner is publicly speaking to a former student of his, he states that she wasn't that good at math because "hey, you ''are'' a girl". This gets him in hot water and he tries to explain himself, but his comments only make him sound like more of a misgynist until finally pleading ''"Just tell me what to say!".''
** In "Bart-Mangled Banner", the Simpsons are accused of being unpatriotic when Bart accidentally moons the American flag (and a little word-twisting) and are put on a talk show to clear themselved, the host asks "Which part of America do you hate the most?". Marge protests, sarcastically replying that if the government is built on questions like that, then she ''does'' hate America. Naturally, this gets the family in a bigger mess.
*** In the same episode, Springfield is renamed "Libertyville" to fess up to the nation. At the church, [[Soapbox Sadie|Lisa announces her views of patriotism.]] [[What an Idiot!|Yeah, I think you should have kept your big mouth shut, Lis.]]
** In "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble", a rich boy named Simon Woosterfield [[Prince And The Pauper|traded places with]] Bart. When Lisa figured out Simon wasn't Bart, she slapped him and pointed out the real Bart would have hit her back. Simon then asked if he would ''defenestrate'' her, prompting Lisa to mention the trope.
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