Humblebrag? This morning was the very first time I’d heard that word, yet it is being added to OxfordDictionaries.com (Not, apparently, the ACTUAL Oxford English dictionary. Note to self: Does it still exist?)
Mind you, I hadn’t heard of YOLO or side-boob either – mainly, I expect because I’m not sufficiently down wiv da kidz, or whatever it is you have to be. I had to RESEARCH. In the case of side-boob, it wasn’t a particularly uplifting (see what I did there?) experience, but then I’m a girl.
Lovely lady, but I’m just not in any hurry to try that look, thank you very much.
YOLO is okay.
You Only Live Once – implying – go for it, carpe diem.
On the other hand, it could get a bit annoying.
Now, humblebrag. I suppose its meaning is obvious. It’s a new portmanteau word, innit?
A portmanteau word is a combination of two (or more) words or parts of words and their definitions, into one new word.
To humblebrag: To show off about something while simultaneously couching it in terms of self-deprecation; false modesty.
Example:”How is it possible that a dimbo like me graduated from Cambridge with a double first?” or “Honestly, I’m such a ditz. Fancy tripping up in my Jimmy Choo’s on the red-carpet at the Oscars…”
(Yes, I made those up).
Now I’m going to try for my own humblebrag.
Nope, can’t do it.
Nobody likes a show-off. People like EVEN LESS a person who’s a show off but pretending not to be.
It’s a tough one though, because, as you probably know, I’ve written a book.
Marketing…self-promoting…publicising?
It’s a fine line. Could be so very far from being adorbs.
(Do your OWN research!)
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