Noun
self-mockery (countable and uncountable, plural self-mockeries)
Teasing language or humor directed against oneself.
But the new title is more than McLuhan indulging his insatiable taste for puns, more than a clever fusion of self-mockery and self-rescue—the subtitle is 'An Inventory of Effects,' underscoring the lesson compressed into the original saying." Source: Internet
As Stewart loved to recount in self-mockery, "I, I, I pitched the big question to her last night and to my surprise she, she, she said yes!" Source: Internet