Bareleveling

Bareleveling

v.
trying to improve yourself without anyone else knowing about it, afraid that they’ll think it’s silly or grandiose or unnecessary, or that they’ll end up calling too much attention to your efforts, transforming a casual tweak into a flashy rebranding campaign.

Armenian բարելավվել (barelavvel), to become better. Pronounced “bair-lev-uhl-ing.”

Anecdoche

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Looseleft

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Apolytus

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Mahpiohanzia

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Routwash

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Hiddled

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