underbrag
Syllables: un·der·bragUK/ˌʌn.dəˈbɹæɡ//ˌʌn.dɚˈbɹæɡ/
underbrag noun: a confident statement involving openly acknowledging shortcomings, demonstrating indifference to others' opinions.
Noun
underbrag (plural underbrags)
- A confident statement involving openly acknowledging shortcomings, demonstrating indifference to others' opinions.
- But first, a refresher. The underbrag is a post-brag-brag, post-humblebrag form of bragging. It's the third wave, if you will. It is when you announce boisterously your mistakes and foibles, regardless of your fears of being judged, shamed, punished, or fired.[…]Ideally, the underbrag is also funny...2012 August 16, Jen Doll, “Lessons in Underbragging, the World's Best New Form of the Brag”, in The Atlantic Wire, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2024
- Sophisticated Facebook users perfect the art of the underbrag. Rather than tooting accomplishments, the underbragger manages to seen humble while still getting out the overall message, “Look at what I’m doing.” It is a question of tone.2013, Craig Detweiler, iGods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives, Baker Publishing Group, page 143
Examples of underbrag in a sentence
- The underbrag is a post-brag-brag, post-humblebrag form of bragging.2012 August 16, Jen Doll, “Lessons in Underbragging, the World's Best New Form of the Brag”, in The Atlantic Wire, archived from the...
- The underbrag is social media's recent, cheeky response to the slightly less recent humblebrag,[…]2017, Christine Hoffmann, Stupid Humanism: Folly as Competence in Early Modern and Twenty-First-Century Culture, Springer International...
Forms of underbrag
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Origin of underbrag
From under- + brag, modeled after humblebrag.
Words that rhyme with underbrag
Questions about underbrag
- What does underbrag mean?
- Underbrag means a confident statement involving openly acknowledging shortcomings, demonstrating indifference to others' opinions.
- How do you use underbrag in a sentence?
- The underbrag is a post-brag-brag, post-humblebrag form of bragging.
- What part of speech is underbrag?
- Underbrag is a noun.
- How do you pronounce underbrag?
- Underbrag is pronounced /ˌʌn.dəˈbɹæɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of underbrag?
- The plural of underbrag is underbrags.
Words near underbrag in the dictionary
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