self-report

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ report.

Sense 2 was coined by players of Among Us, in which the imposter can report the body of another player he has just killed, as if having just discovered it guiltlessly.

Noun

self-report (plural self-reports)

1. A kind of survey or questionnaire in which respondents read the questions and select responses by themselves, without researcher interference.
3. (informal) Something said by someone with the purpose of conveying a neutral stance on a subject but unintentionally leading to that person's bias being revealed.

   His constantly talking about rape laws was a bit of a self-report.

Verb

self-report (third-person singular simple present self-reports, present participle self-reporting, simple past and past participle self-reported)

1. To respond in this manner.
2. To report one's own problem or failing.
   • 2022 January 29, “Network News: First pays out after Delay Repay error”, in RAIL, number 960, page 27:

     The train operating company-owning group [...] says it self-reported the issue to the Office of Rail and Road after identifying the problem during a recent audit.

References

• “self-report”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.