# Self deprecating statements you use

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-statements-you-use/503768>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 21, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-statements-you-use/503768 "2009-07-21T19:41:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-statements-you-use/503768/21 "2009-07-22T11:27:32Z")

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I will often refer to my “big ol’ butt” or something similar.

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-statements-you-use/503768/22 "2009-07-22T11:38:28Z")

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\<— See username.

I’m absolutely unapologetically brilliant, but I tend to gloss over details…some not so insignificant.

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-statements-you-use/503768/23 "2009-07-22T12:06:32Z")

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My use of the expression “knock wood” is usually followed by a couple of gentle raps on my forehead.

I have been known to write something down on a Post-It, staple it through the gummy section, and then affix said Post-It to my forehead. I can always tell when someone notices the staple.

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-statements-you-use/503768/24 "2009-07-22T13:51:30Z")

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When I talk about my traveling, I usually add something like “my wife used to worry about me cheating on her…then she realized I’m pretty f’in ugly.”

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-statements-you-use/503768/25 "2009-07-22T15:32:06Z")

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Whenever I manage to actually do something clever, I’ll say, “See? I’m not as dumb as I look.”

My wife has been known to add, “I never said you were.”

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**Author:** ![Sudo\_Intellectual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sudo\_Intellectual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudo_Intellectual)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-statements-you-use/503768/26 "2009-07-22T16:00:31Z")

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I’m obnoxious… but it’s one of my best qualities

I don’t have to be smart, I have boobs

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-deprecating-statements-you-use/503768/27 "2009-07-22T16:45:20Z")

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> [@Mollie\_Magill](#):
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> Whenever I manage to actually do something clever, I’ll say, “See? I’m not as dumb as I look.”

I will use this, too - and follow it up with “but then again, I couldn’t be…”

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