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🎧 PRIDE: Are We Using This Word All Wrong? (Part 1) | The Wrong Words Podcast
“This word might be more external than we think…”

In this episode of The Wrong Words Podcast, hosts Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee crack open the complex and often controversial word: Pride.

Is it confidence… or arrogance? Honor… or ego? Is pride something we carry from within—or something that’s built by others and handed to us like armor?

This raw and layered conversation begins a two-part journey through how pride shows up in our relationships, faith, careers, and self-image—sometimes as a mask, sometimes as a mirror.

🧠 In Part 1, we unpack:

• Whether pride is learned, not earned

• The difference between pride and confidence, and why we confuse them

• How the church and religious spaces have sometimes demonized pride at the expense of healthy self-respect

• The idea that pride can be adopted from others’ opinions, creating a false self

• Why pride might be just another word for protective performance—and how it shows up in marriages, work, and identity

📚 We break down:

• Definitions from Dictionary.com, Merriam-Webster, and Oxford English

• Origins from Old English (pryde = haughtiness), Proto-Germanic (prudaz = noble), and deeper roots in Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic

• The nuance of biblical warnings like “don’t be puffed up with pride”—and how they’ve been misinterpreted to discourage healthy confidence

💥 Powerful moments include:

• Luvon’s bold take: “Pride is purely external—something people teach you about yourself”

• Oliver’s honesty about how his faith upbringing complicated his ability to stand in confident humility

• A fire line: “I clean my house—not for you, but for me. That’s pride.”

• The cultural clash between reasonable self-respect and excessive self-image

👥 What You’ll Walk Away With:

• A new lens for separating pride from arrogance

• A deeper understanding of how external validation shapes inner identity

• A challenge to reflect on whether your pride is rooted in honor… or in hiding

• A clear invitation to ask: Have I been misusing this word?

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📊 POLL QUESTION:
How do you most often experience pride in your own life?
A) Healthy Self-Respect
B) External Validation
C) Masking Weakness
D) Personal Accomplishment

👇 Drop your thoughts in the comments.

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