Is there a word or phrase that means "self-criticism that's actually self-praise"? For example, saying something like:
My kids are so spoiled! It's all my own fault, I just have too much money to spend on them and I give them too much of what they want.
I'm not talking about "first-world problems," which are real (or ironic) complaints about very minor problems. I'm talking about brags that are worded as apologies.
It’s a humblebrag. NOAD defines it as:
an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud.
The article The 50 Funniest ‘Humble Brags’ on Twitter mentions different types of humblebrags and gives examples:
From the, “It’s not a brag, I’m just complaining” humble brag to the, “this isn’t a brag I’m just being self-deprecating” humble brag, the universe is vast and the number of offenders, seemingly limitless.
