dick thwacking contest

any exchange in which opposing parties will carry out brazen competitive acts purely based on the idea that self-fulfillment will be derived from the intensity of the sound produced when they allow the underside of their dick to drop onto a cold, granite countertop (i.e. a thwack). The louder the thwack, the more intrinsically valuable that person is to the world.

Kline keeps donating money to organizations to have buildings named after himself, and Specter reacts by donating more himself, to place his name on more buildings. It's a giant-ass dick thwacking contest.

The cold war was effectively a dick thwacking contest between the US and Russia.