Last week Harris Wittels, the man who coined the phrase “humblebrag”, died at the unconscionable age of 30. In his memory I’ve been sifting through some of the finest examples of this specious genre — the boast that pretends not to be one — and have come up with two favourites.
近日,“謙虛的自夸”(humblebrag)一詞的創造者哈里斯?維特爾斯(Harris Wittels)英年早逝,年僅30歲。為了紀念他,我把一些最符合這種表面上看不出來的自夸方式——假裝不是自夸的自夸——的例子篩選了一番,并挑選出兩個我最喜歡的例子。
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