English Explanatory Dictionary

Brentism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Brentism Brentisms

Etymology

From Brent + -ism, after the character David Brent in the TV mockumentary The Office.

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