hum·ble·brag
October 26th, 2022 at 6:10:12 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | humblebrag- An ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud. Has social media made the humblebrag the primary means of communication? |
October 26th, 2022 at 12:55:43 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | what is old is new again. When I was coming up, people would say "we are just poor people" . Some of my relatives even. If you wanted to look down on them, that was your problem. It was in fact partly bragging, though I don't like that word in this usage. More like pride about being good people even if having no money. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |