The well-concealed cockiness of someone like a public prosecutor when grand jury indictments come back for a former president.
"Did you see Alvin Bragging on the TV when that orange clown came in and got fingerprinted? Man he looked whipped when he croaked out 'not guilty' ... his collar was all stained and shit, his wife was no where to be seen. He was ass-kicked for sure"
"Don't go all smug on me thinking you caught me cheating with a porn-star -- there's no Alvin Bragging going on here today."
When a person, often intentionally, uses a complaint about their wealth or good fortune as a thinly veiled opportunity to boast about it. Related to humble brag, backhanded compliment
"I can't believe my father-in-law left his brand new luxury car to us when he died. It's such a hassle dealing with all of the paperwork."
"Please. Stop. I can't stand how your grumble brag is pulling at my heartstrings."
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!
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!
The Law of Bragging is:
The moment you begin to brag about doing something, your chances of failure in doing that thing begin to rise exponentially.
Guy 1: "I'm pretty good at skateboarding."
*Guy 1 does an alright trick.*
Guy 2: "I'm the fucking best."
*Guy 2 steps onto his board.*
Guy 2: "Nobody's better than me - watch and see!"
*Everyone in the crowd turns to look.*
*Guy 2 falls backward off his board, breaking his assbone.*
Guy 1: "Law of bragging, bro."
Telling people you have a sore throat so you can brag about the size of the man part you had oral with...so big it causes you to gag
I know it was big...but enough of the gag brags
Yo I just bought a new outfit jewelry and kicks. Check out my brag