"This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, "Dude", that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from." (Sam Elliot in The Big Lebowski)
I called myself "clever" over at Lyddy's blog the other day, and she responded by saying I was one of the few people who could get away with calling myself that. But in truth, I am only going on the testimony of numerous Chinese people. Many times in China I would try out a new Chinese phrase I had just learned (or made up, even) and they would look at me in wonder and say, "You are very clever!"
Now, "Homie Bear", that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from, either. But that's just how it is.