boast.

And when Traverse expressed this hope, they who knew him so well felt assured that he had made no vain boast.

The Hidden Hand 1888

Alternatively, you might hear a liberal say, “Oh, I’ve never read Proust” in a way that sounds like apologetic self-recrimination, but that’s just a different kind of boast.

A study of liberal reading habits 2010

Alternatively, you might hear a liberal say, “Oh, I’ve never read Proust” in a way that sounds like apologetic self-recrimination, but that’s just a different kind of boast.

Lance Mannion: 2010