He repeatedly referred to himself as "millions of Americans" when making self-deprecating jokes and begging for his job back.

This plays as a self-deprecating joke, more gray-humored than black.

In fact, he used them as fodder for a stream of self-deprecating jokes that are his trademark.

Nonetheless, its name - an Egyptian word for soul - may seem like a self-deprecating joke.

And, true to form, he offered a few self-deprecating jokes in the face of unpleasant news.

Joe has a sharp line in self-deprecating jokes; he parks his humour right at the church door.

The Oscars are characterized by people who crack self-deprecating jokes.

He often does, sometimes while making self-deprecating jokes.

He tells stories with the same measured cadence, mixing in a few self-deprecating jokes.

Prince Charles, on the other hand, has developed an apparently informal style, easy, genuinely popular, with a nice line in self-deprecating jokes.