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humblebragging

humblebragging is the present participle and gerund of humblebrag.

Meaning of humblebrag

Verb

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

  1. (informal, intransitive, slang, transitive) To make such a statement.
    • After all, she writes, she was surrounded by “people who humblebragged about how little sleep they’d gotten the night before and used the phrases ‘lean and scrappy’ to describe not only our company culture, but themselves.”2018, Michele Lent Hirsch, Invisible: How Young Women with Serious Health Issues Navigate Work, Relationships, and the Pressure to Seem Just Fine, Beacon Press, page 66

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Noun

humblebragging (countable and uncountable, plural humblebraggings)

  1. The act of making a statement of humblebrag.
    • Jamie Kilstein is a comedian who works hard and is a nice guy. This is not a knock on his comedy. It is a knock on his humblebragging about his comedy.2012, Harris Wittels, Humblebrag: The Art of False Modesty, Grand Central Publishing, page 154
    • In addition to her humblebragging, she also solicits engagement by emphasizing the relatability of her experiences.2022, Elizabeth Losh, Selfie Democracy: The New Digital Politics of Disruption and Insurrection, MIT Press, page 212

Forms of humblebragging

pluralhumblebraggings

Questions about humblebragging

What does humblebragging mean?
Humblebragging means the act of making a statement of humblebrag.
What is humblebragging the present participle and gerund of?
Humblebragging is the present participle and gerund of humblebrag.
What part of speech is humblebragging?
Humblebragging is a noun.
What is the plural of humblebragging?
The plural of humblebragging is humblebraggings.

Words near humblebragging in the dictionary

  1. humblebirds
  2. humblebrag
  3. humblebragged
  4. humblebragger
  5. humblebraggers
  6. humblebragging
  7. humblebraggings
  8. humblebraggy
  9. humblebrags
  10. humbled
  11. humbledst

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