Brentism
English
Etymology
Brent + -ism, after the character David Brent in the TV mockumentary The Office.
Noun
Brentism (plural Brentisms)
- A self-satisfied, hypocritical, or embarrassingly inappropriate remark.
- 2011, J. Jeremy Wisnewski, The Office and Philosophy: Scenes from the Unexamined Life:
- The genius of Gervais is to let Brent get too close to reality in his portrayal of management technique. We all witness Brentisms every day.
- 2014, Sedge Beswick, 140 Ultimate Twitter LOLs (page 72)
- This account challenges its followers to secure a date on Tinder using classic, squirm-inducing Brentisms, and later share the conversations on Twitter. As you might imagine, the results aren't always successful, but they're always funny.
- 2016, Andrew Bullock, David Brent REVIEW: Life on the Road goes from painfully funny to just plain painful. Ouch (in Sunday Express, 11 August)
- The iconic character from The Office has always been designed to be laughed at, not with. […] The first third of the film is laugh after laugh; Brentism after Brentism. But half an hour in and this movie gets unnervingly dark and is an uncomfortable watch at times.
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