There is a new emotional state going around that I call humblesmug. Smug but in a self-deprecating way.
Smugness is the potential energy to the kinetic energy of bragging. So humblesmug is humblebrag potential.
Not to be confused with smarm, which is self-important smug.
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This is me, right? If it is, I hope I was a pioneer
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I’m not either. I’m just an ass.
Locally I’d say is the main vector of humblesmug in our neck of the woods but I’ve seen it all over.


