paradoxical subtlety
n. an attempt to show-off something, yet tries to make it look as though they are not doing so; a purposely feeble and obvious attempt at modesty in order to flaunt one’s advantages over another without looking c-cky.
adj. paradoxically subtle.
ex. 1
alex: oh you have that cl-ss too? wasn’t that test hard?
marvin: yeah.
alex: yeah, i know huh? i only got an a-.
marvin: no one asked you. you know, your paradoxical subtlety is really annoying.
ex. 2
dave: someone’s ipod earphones just latched onto my backpack on my way to cl-ss.
anthony: oh really? those earphones are probably better than the ones that came with my new mp3 player. -takes out mp3 player and shows it off-
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