Meaning of Brentism | Babel Free

Definitions

A self-satisfied, hypocritical, or embarrassingly inappropriate remark.

Examples

“The genius of Gervais is to let Brent get too close to reality in his portrayal of management technique. We all witness Brentisms every day.”

“This account challenges its followers to secure a date on Tinder using classic, squirm-inducing Brentisms, and later share the conversations on Twitter. As you might imagine, the results aren't always successful, but they're always funny.”

“The iconic character from The Office has always been designed to be laughed at, not with. […] The first third of the film is laugh after laugh; Brentism after Brentism. But half an hour in and this movie gets unnervingly dark and is an uncomfortable watch at times.”

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