Humblebragging

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making a statement of humblebrag. countable, uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of humblebrag form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"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."

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