Can "Humblebrag" Be Used Countably?
"I wen to France but my pronunciation was bad. So it was hard to buy a bag."
First, they travelled to France. Second, they bought an expensive bag. So they act humble saying that their French pronunciation is bad but they are actually boasting. That was humblebrag.
As you can see, "humblebrag" in the sentence is used uncountably. Could I use it as a countable noun?
You were a humblebrag (?)
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anonymous Could I use it as a countable noun? The one dictionary I found it in calls it a verb, not a noun, coined in 2002. If the person does it habitually, they are a humblebragger.
- anonymous Could I use it as a countable noun?
- The one dictionary I found it in calls it a verb, not a noun, coined in 2002.
- If the person does it habitually, they are a humblebragger.
- com/dictionary/humblebrag On the other hand, Wiktionary has it as a noun being coined in a tweet in 2010, and also the entry as a verb.
- org/wiki/humblebrag The word is so new and so rare (I had never heard of it) that you can use it pretty much any way you want to.
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anonymousCould I use it as a countable noun?
The one dictionary I found it in calls it a verb, not a noun, coined in 2002.
If the person does it habitually, they are a humblebragger.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humblebrag
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