Usually people say it’s ‘humbling’ when they’ve won an award. That’s not humbling. That’s the opposite of humbling. It makes you feel amazing. You’re a megalomaniac and you’re trying to say to people that you’re still humble inside, so you lie about what it feels like to be given an award. Going to prison; that’s humbling.
David Mitchell - 10 O’Clock Live
Um, David, your wife is showing:
http://www.victoriacoren.com/main/blog/archive/ever_so_umble
“Well, it’s stupid. Stop doing it everyone. Or keep doing it, for the language must live and change, mustn’t it? And soon the dictionary can carry two meanings of the word “humble”: (1) modest, unpretentious, lowly or abased, (2) feeling like a big shiny great lord of the universe because you just won a thing and everyone’s clapping.”
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