self-mocking
Americanadjective
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That means aggressively wacky aliens and self-mocking banter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
It was those sounds that opened her Glastonbury set, with the crunchy riffs of Obsessed, a self-mocking song about her jealousy; and the semi-autobiographical Diary Of A Homeschooled Girl.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
This perspective shift was heady: It wouldn’t get a big laugh but made for a memorable critique of comedy in big rooms and a self-mocking joke about how not everyone would get him.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Tiptoeing into the spotlight on perfectly arched feet is Robbie as Stereotypical Barbie, whose self-mocking name and lead-heroine status are a handy example of Gerwig’s have-it-both-ways attitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
“Oh, clearly,” he agreed, self-mocking and more than a little pleased.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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