On the road, he makes a constant stream of jokey, self-deprecating comments, some lame, some amusing.

Much Jewish humour takes the form of self-deprecating comments on Jewish culture, acting as a shield against antisemitic stereotypes by exploiting them first:

It's an ironic, self-deprecating comment, and everybody laughs.

Denice is the last to arrive, but it was noted that she made 85 self-deprecating comments during the entire trip.

But he has had a history of self-deprecating comments.

His self-deprecating comments to the thrilled audience seemed genuine.

The name can be seen as both a serious comment on animal experimentation, and a self-deprecating comment on himself and his musical output.

Quinn makes self-deprecating comments about himself.

But Norman, who is something of a hothead by Swedish standards, is doing fine, as that wonderfully self-deprecating comment makes clear.

Fingleton often made self-deprecating comments about his batting, telling English cricket writer Alan Gibson that he "missed nothing" by not seeing him bat.