Definitions
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- verb To congratulate
oneself , especially in aself-satisfied manner
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Examples
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And seeing Glee's executive producer Ryan Murphy drop in at the end to self-congratulate himself on what "he can write to" and then tell the bottom contestants how they basically aren't good enough only made things more stomach-turning.
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And seeing Glee's executive producer Ryan Murphy drop in at the end to self-congratulate himself on what "he can write to" and then tell the bottom contestants how they basically aren't good enough only made things more stomach-turning.
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If those kinds of scribblings are something something to congratulate or self-congratulate this blog for, I'll gladly leave that to you.
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Let's reduce our both our carbon footprint and our ego emission and NOT gather before the limelight to self-congratulate.
John Ridley: Why the World Owes the WGA a Thank You For (Potentially) Eradicating the Awards Shows 2008
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It's the preening eco-Puritan holier-than-thou-ness that grates, the grotesque need to simultaneously lecture and self-congratulate that nauseates, and the narcissitic abuse of a Christmas card to command PC applause that makes one's skin crawl.
John Kerry sends "a Christmas card with a to-do list." Ann Althouse 2007
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But critics say that's no reason for the Bush administration to self-congratulate.
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We self-congratulate with the noun at every opportunity, from outdoor food festivals to parades and "heritage months."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed R.M. VAUGHAN 2011
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We self-congratulate with the noun at every opportunity, from outdoor food festivals to parades and "heritage months."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed R.M. VAUGHAN 2011
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Are we so desperate for an Enemy to pin our blame to no matter what so that we can self-congratulate and separate "us" from "them" that we've forgotten the whole point - to make our food system worldwide more responsible?
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The Name Game just makes most people more ignorant (while giving a few people another reason to self-congratulate over their superior sensitivity).
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