n. The act of boasting about something under the guise of complaining.
v. To boast under the guise of complaining.
The one the started it all, "It's so hard to find good help these days."
In a shameless bitch-to-brag, my tool of a boss told the whole break-room he got hit with the Alternative Minimum Tax this year because of his year-end bonus.
The informal right to brag and boast about an achievement you've made. You get this right after you've achieved it.
If you make it up, you might get away for a while, but you'll get bashed if they find out you never earnt this right.
Geek A: *Three headshots in Counter-strike in 30 seconds*
Geek B: Bastard, you shot your own team mates
Geek A: But it was still 3 headshots, that means I get bragging rights
Geek B: You're a load of shit, no bragging rights for stupid noobs.
When someone brags about something but are clearly lying about it or give an example of how bad you are at the thing you're bragging about.
Did you hear that Trump Brag: "I went to an ivy league school, I'm very highly educated. I know words I have the best words."
the privilege of boasting about one's achievments
needless to say getting through there would get him bragging rights for several weeks.
When a hillbilly has a lot to show off.
He was hillbilly bragging with his backhoe, dump truck, and vintage ford.
A cousin of the humble brag, the straight brag is shameless self promotion without regard to modesty or self humility. It is undeserved self praise, instantly recognized by friends and coworkers as a self coping mechanism designed to mask serious issues of self confidence.
April: "hey, how did it go over there today?"
Jenna: "I ruled, and they all loved me."
April: "God. You don't have to Straight Brag. Again."
Bringing up a topic or telling a story with a fake point with a true intent of showing off details included in the story.
"I had the worst night last night. I totally got a terrible headache because of how hard I was banging Pamela Anderson."