HUMBLEBRAG

Etymology

Noun

humblebrag (plural humblebrags)

An ostensibly self-deprecating statement made to show off. [from 2010]

A person who makes spurious statements in order to gain the moral high ground.

Verb

humblebrag (third-person singular simple present humblebrags, present participle humblebragging, simple past and past participle humblebragged)

To make a humblebrag.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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