#humblebragging

The good thing about researching highly obscure subjects is that you can crown yourself an expert by sheer amount of "I was literally the only person who thought of this, therefore, not only am I an authority on this field, I am also its founder"

I have now read a second book that I truly felt I did not understand (Anti-Oedipus)

It recently occurred to me that there's a kind of externally sourced variant of "humblebrag" which is when someone else makes a show of teasing you mercilessly for something that's generally understood (at least by the teaser) to be a positive quality, so that the teasing is meant as a sort of implicit compliment delivered in a sardonic way. Like humblebragging, this kind of behavior can backfire. It is most definitely a thing and deserves its own name.