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Bragging by Proxy

When a person brags indirectly by citing another person's compliment toward them.

I'm not bragging about my big dick! I was saying that my boyfriend kept saying, "Wow , your dick is so big!" So I guess that, at worst, I'm Bragging by Proxy.

by Waterghost June 27, 2017


Panty Brag

Immediately telling your friends about a sexual experience, usually involving adding details that didn’t happen.

Jake couldn’t wait more than 5 minutes before panty bragging to his teammates about hooking up with Lisa. He said they went all the way, but Lisa said they just made out.

by HM2013 December 1, 2024


Autism Bragging

Conspicuously highlighting 'neurodivergency' or autism or 'being on the spectrum' to an audience for personal gain.

Often used by those who are high in status and want to contrast their success with some form of hardship in order to get more credit or acclaim, or to appear as some sort of savant not affected by crass social movements, social contagion, or faddish popular opinions

There is Bob autism bragging again to investors to try to get more money for his hedge fund.

by Human Peacocking February 25, 2024


Trauma Brag

To brag, highlight, or bring attention to hardship that one has experienced. Examples include highlighting one's experience of poverty, illness, abuse, or adversity

These types of brags get attention for higher status signalers and dismissal for low status ones

There's the head of that bank trauma bragging about his illness in order to get more clout in the newspaper headlines

by Human Peacocking June 10, 2023


Brag race

One person makes a boastful statement, and then another does the same in an effort to outdo the first.
The "Brag-race" is now on.
Whoever runs out of brags first, looses.

I was at the bar last night.

Stan started talking about this hot blond he nailed the other night, and then Mortimer chimed in, trying to out do him.
The Brag race ended in tears when Stan forced Mortimer to confess he was actually talking about an incident with his own cousin at a family reunion.

by Vancetagious January 31, 2016


Tenure brag

When someone highlights how long they have been doing something (years playing a sport, years working in a company, years living in a neighborhood, years sober, overall age, etc). This is type of brag or showing off, highlighting the speaker's status based on the amount of time they've been around

There goes Thomas tenure bragging again about how he's been sober longer than anyone else at the party!

by Human Peacocking May 13, 2023


Tenure brag

When someone brags about how long they've been doing something - It is generally an age/time related brag ("I've been doing this since you were in diapers!") but can also be the number of times they've done it ("this is my 15th time at burning man!"), etc.

We made it about 15 minutes into the neighborhood meeting before Tom started tenure bragging about how he's lived on that street the longest!

by Human Peacocking May 15, 2023