self-depreciating is now nonstandard, self-deprecating at stage 5 on Bryan Garner’s language-change index*
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“self-depreciating” is now nonstandard
— George Atherton (@notrehta) April 5, 2021
.@BryanAGarner: “Speakers of AmE and BrE routinely use ‘self-deprecating.’ However grudgingly, we must accord to it the status of Standard English.” https://t.co/lwxA35ZchI*