ANDERSON: Nice to see that self-deprecating humor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2006] Reference
Good humor, but self-deprecating humor always works. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 12, 2006] Reference
BLITZER: A little self-deprecating humor's always good. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2008] Reference
He spoke plainly, crisply and with self-deprecating humor. From Wordnik.com. [Heartbreaker] Reference
Well, his self-deprecating remarks coming up, Russell Crowe. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2005] Reference
ANDERSON: Always joking, those guys, and so self-deprecating. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2007] Reference
The candidate's self-deprecating humor plays well on the trail. From Wordnik.com. [An Answer for Every ‘Little Jerk’] Reference
INSKEEP: Are you saying it's basically like self-deprecating humor?. From Wordnik.com. [For John Ridley, The N-Word Is A Line In The Sand] Reference
It wasn't the usual self-deprecating routine, but it got some laughs. From Wordnik.com. [An Answer for Every ‘Little Jerk’] Reference
He was combative and serious but also very funny and self-deprecating. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Judt, Historian And Author, Dies At 62] Reference
"Diane's the most self-deprecating person alive," Meyers says, laughing. From Wordnik.com. [Sweet On Keaton] Reference
The two men kept each other laughing with deadpan, self-deprecating humor. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Debates] Reference
This self-deprecating posture is another element of the Manipulation game. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Bonifer: Breitbart's Game] Reference
McCain has played the hero ever since, usually with self-deprecating charm. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq: Friends at War] Reference
It can be played as amused, indignant, self-deprecating, or merely bemused. From Wordnik.com. [The Practical Futurist: Why Is Easy-To-Use So Hard To Do?] Reference
It is a sort of self-depreciating, self-deprecating, self-condemning habit. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
He's gotten very good at self-deprecating humor in the last couple of years. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2004] Reference
Every other joke in it is a fat joke -- of the safe, self-deprecating variety. From Wordnik.com. [Roly-poly rom-com 'Mike & Molly' wears a bit thin] Reference
And this self-deprecating man would have enjoyed one more laugh at his expense. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2007] Reference
We've been friends since high school and he's used to my self-deprecating jokes. From Wordnik.com. [Leather and Something Like Infidelity] Reference
All very self-deprecating, for a man who is clearly practicing for the presidency. From Wordnik.com. [Al Gore: Talk A Lot, And Carry A Big Stick] Reference
The former Arkansas governor is self-deprecating, approachable and genuinely funny. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Man From Hope] Reference
It's a quick read, filled with self-deprecating humor and a colorful cast of characters. From Wordnik.com. [Man Enough To Love 'Eat, Pray, Love'] Reference
MAYA SOETORO-NG, BARACK OBAMA'S SISTER: He can actually be quite funny, self-deprecating. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2008] Reference
And this is a really solid, yet irreverent, yet, you know, deeply self-deprecating record. From Wordnik.com. [The Breeders' Scrappy 'Mountain Battle'] Reference
Again and again, I heard similarly self-deprecating expressions of how to handle adversity. From Wordnik.com. [Living In The Shadows Of Giants] Reference
They have a good sense of humor, especially about themselves, in a very self-deprecating way. From Wordnik.com. [‘Terrifyingly Unique’] Reference
Hamper's self-deprecating humor saves "Rivethead" from becoming a whining diatribe against GM. From Wordnik.com. [Revenge Of The 'Rivethead'] Reference
He also says the sometimes self-deprecating woman with the ruddy, sardonic wit, is a huge loss. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Jazz Singer And Activist Abbey Lincoln] Reference
BOILEN: It's hard to tell how much of Nellie's self-deprecating talk was for humor or for real. From Wordnik.com. [Nellie McKay Reveals 'Cavendish'] Reference
To the contrary, it's clearly a self-deprecating remark made in joking about himself and his looks. From Wordnik.com. [Belittling Palin?] Reference
A wry, self-deprecating man, Tsongas, who died last week at 55, nonetheless saw himself on a mission. From Wordnik.com. [Death Of A Truthteller] Reference
Besides doing "Letterman," Stewart made a shrewdly self-deprecating appearance last month on "Ellen.". From Wordnik.com. [Be-Marthas, Do-Marthas And Beyond Martha] Reference
Even conservative opponents admire Springer's self-deprecating humor, his smarts and his popular, give-a-damn style. From Wordnik.com. [Senator Springer?] Reference
In part, because McCurry is revered by the normally hostile press corps for his drollery and self-deprecating candor. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton's 'Human Pinata'] Reference
We laughed simultaneously and on cue, both of us knowing that her knack for self-deprecating humor was indiscernible from mine. From Wordnik.com. [Family Resemblances] Reference
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