The most important weapon in the arsenal of the satirist is a rifle made entirely of self-deprecation. |
Neither my wife nor I are into self-deprecation or make any lame attempts to be self-effacing. |
The wry Irishman breaks into a gentle smirk, conveying the whiff of arch self-deprecation. |
Despite the occasional jab at reigniting the battle of the sexes, the unspoken theme of the evening seemed to be cheerful self-deprecation. |
His eye for detail, his re-creation of dialogue, his ironic tone, his self-deprecation, all serve a memoirist well. |
He delivers certain lines with cutting self-deprecation, others with calculated softness. |