self-confessed

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He is a self-confessed Cristiano Ronaldo fan, has a wallpaper of the football icon on his phone and often celebrates his wickets with his idol's famous "Siu" celebration.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

The self-confessed teenage nerd was dedicated to weird science as a vocation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

All begins sunnily, however, in the year 1899, when Evelyn, a self-confessed hack writer of travel books, with one failed novel to his name, marries an American heiress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

As soon as the episode finished, we spoke to to self-confessed Love Island "super-fans" Harriet and Georgia.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

But this last alternative seems to me to be special pleading: I am, reluctantly, a self-confessed carbon chauvinist.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan