Go Neg Yourself! The Top 20 Ways to Reject a Compliment

A fellow human has something positive to say about your outfit, your hair, your lewk—how dare s/he??! Here, for your convenience, is a list of the Top 20 vetoes to use in such an audacious situation. de-NIED!

1. Really? I think it fits weird.
2. Oh, no waaay. I need a touch-up.
3. I needed it to hide my [insert problem area].
4. TJ Maxx, $12.99
5. I decided to look human today.
6. Thanks, it has pockets!
7. Ugh, really?
8. It’s so old, I guess it’s back in style.
9. omg, NO, it’s filthy.
10. This?
11. Well, I couldn’t wear sweatpants to Travis’s graduation…
12. Nothing else fits me!
13. It’s not too much? With the gold?
14. 
15. This? You can have it after today.
16. Seriously? I feel like hell.
17. I don’t look like I’m trying too hard?
18. I feel like…

…it’s not me

…a whale

…a gypsy

…one of those Coachella dipsh*ts

…Sally Jessy Raphael

…Hillary Clinton

19. *no words, just drops a tray of silverware*
20. I wasn’t sure if I was too old to pull it off.

Surely you’ve self-negged. Tweet us your go-to compliment rebuff and keep the conversation going. P.S. You’re, like, really pretty.