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A humblebrag is when someone tells you about something good in their life — a prize, a nice trip, how busy and wanted they are — but they wrap it in a small complaint or a shy remark, so it does not sound like showing off. 'Ugh, I'm so tired from all these interviews' is the classic shape: the tiredness is the humble bit; the interviews are the brag. People use the word to show they do not like this trick. It can name the act (that post was a humblebrag) or the doing (he humblebragged about his new job). Informal, and a little sharp. A US writer and comedian, Harris Wittels, made the word on Twitter in 2010; it spread fast because everyone recognised the move. Though actually, real modesty is not a humblebrag — the word is for when the modest coat is covering a boast.
謙虛式炫耀、假謙虛（把炫耀包成客氣或抱怨；中國網路常說「凡爾賽」）
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
humblebragnoun/ˈhʌmbl̩ˌbɹæɡ/
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slanginformalAn ostensibly self-deprecating statement made to show off.
- I am as guilty as the next wannabe Overachieving Mom when it comes to the humblebrag Christmas letter. I can’t help it. It’s in my genes.
- Henry Alford, a commentator for The New York Times, has observed that “social media status updates are basically selfies, humblebrags, and rants.” “Most humblebrags,” Alford observes, “are attempts to convey one of three messages: ‘I have too much work;’ ‘I am an idiot/impostor;’ or ‘I have firsthand knowledge of the gritty gilt to be found inside the gilded cage.’” The latter seems by far the most common.
humblebragverb/ˈhʌmbl̩ˌbɹæɡ/
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slanginformalTo make such a statement.
- After all, she writes, she was surrounded by “people who humblebragged about how little sleep they’d gotten the night before and used the phrases ‘lean and scrappy’ to describe not only our company culture, but themselves.”
- The Four Seasons even humblebragged about its failure to accommodate Buffett’s special request on its Facebook page.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。