Tech N9ne

I did something that I told people around me never to do, which was, pay a psychiatrist. Why pay a psychiatrist when you can just come to me? I can help you with something going on in your life; even if I know nothing about you, I can possibly help you. That's just me being cocky like I am.

American Musician

David Chang

I was quite cocky, but having been hailed as this great young golfer, I couldn't even make the high school golf team once I got there. I had a big dose of humble pie then, and ever since, I've always known that there is always someone out there better than you, more talented. Always.

American Chef

Kato Kaelin

The circumstance is the incredible part, but I always knew in my heart that something was going to be out there, just for the world to notice me. It sounds so cocky, but it's happening.

American Celebrity

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.

Swedish Athlete

Shabazz Muhammad

I'm not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I'm one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as I can, but if you work hard, sometimes you know that you earned more respect.

American Athlete

The Miz

I know how to make myself very, very cocky and annoying. That's my character. I enjoy doing it. People hate it. But I don't mind it when people hate it.

American Wrestler

Russell Tovey

You can be cocky and confident, but when you start developing feelings for someone, suddenly your self-esteem drops a bit.

English Actor

Tim Donaghy

I had a great job, living a great lifestyle... and just started doing the wrong things, getting a little bit cocky.

American Criminal

Guy Martin

Road racing has given me a good life, and I'm not being cocky, but I've brought something to racing, too.

British Celebrity

Joel Embiid

I'm not cocky, I'm humble, but I think I can be really special, one of the top players in the league.

Cameroonian Athlete

Used in relaxed or informal settings, not suitable for formal occasions.

Informal Connotation

While confidence is good, being cocky might make others view you negatively.

Negative Impression

In some cultures, being cocky is especially frowned upon, seen as disrespectful.

Cultural Perceptions

Can indicate assertiveness but often crosses into aggressiveness.

Shows Assertiveness

In stories, a cocky character is often set up for a fall or to be humbled.

Narrative Device

A cocky person is not always bad; sometimes it's a facade to hide insecurities.

Often Misjudged

 I just punched him right in his face, and we began fighting right then and there. Towards the end of the fight, he slammed me up against the wall, so while we were tussled up, he said to me, "You good?" as if he got the best of me, but in my mind, I know I got the best of him, so I replied very cocky,

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 to stay ahead of the code breakers for good. Perhaps we got a little cocky because just when we thought the war was won, a bunch of 20th-century physicists came to the party, and they revealed that the laws of the universe, the same laws that modern cryptography was built upon,

In the war for...

 the den nothing was happening behind us who came back there was a maid when I saw it Elly I thought it was cocky from a distance but now I saw that it was not cocky and little ones are still underground so we then decided to leave as we were not going to wait for the for

Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...

 enforcer and debt collector for one of them but Bulger's gang has rivals seen here in a rare and battered old photograph a cocky young group of robbers led by pat nice we would thief we'd like to steal and we like to party and we might make enough money at once

Boston Gang War PIPE...

 That's why I spend my time teaching, preaching and practicing democracy. I have no illusions. All around the world now, people are doubting whether democracy can deliver. Autocrats and demagogues seem emboldened, even cocky. The free world feels leaderless.

How to revive your...

 this beach is just absolute carnage all the way along you can see the big dominant males who have their territory each with a little group of females their harim and every now and again a younger cocky male will come up out the

Fur Seals Overcome...

 was soo young I got to put that into the vestry neighbors who are taking this one safe to walk a connector from my kitchen told me when I was little first the cocky little

Dance Performance PIPE...

 He soon thinks there's nothing left to learn. So nervous toddler turns cocky explorer. But at this age, she mustn't let him out of her sight.

Animals Being Bros PIPE BBC...

 So nervous toddler turns cocky explorer. But at this age, she mustn't let him out of her sight.

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 so nervous toddler turns cocky explorer but at this age she mustn't let him out of her sight

Cocky

Informal Connotation

Negative Impression

Cultural Perceptions

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