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Study proves that humblebragging really is the worst

By Alice Klein

11 January 2018

The actor Jared Leto

Famously #humble

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If this tweet by actor Jared Leto sets your teeth on edge, you鈥檙e not alone. A study has revealed that feigning modesty while boasting 鈥 聽a practice known as 鈥渉umblebragging鈥 鈥 annoys people even more than outright self-promotion.

Humblebragging comes in two forms, says at the University of North Carolina. It can be expressed as a display of humility, like: 鈥淚鈥檓 so shocked my new book is a bestseller鈥, or a complaint,…

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