Humblenoia: A fear of ironic compliments

Humblenoia is that feeling when you hear something nice about yourself, but you don’t believe it.

If you are truly humble then someone giving you a complement makes you feel a little bit humblenoid.

The humblenoiac is often found refusing compliments and, paradoxically, arguing against their own merits.

#neologizing

Readings

• Wiktionary about Paranoia
• Humblenoid, humblenoia and humblenoiac were never used anywhere else before this.