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Mundane hobby brag

When someone high in status brags about having a surprisingly mundane, lowly, stigmatized, crass, or boring hobby. Hobby examples include gardening, cooking, video games, arts and crafts, or some other activity typically associated with common people.
There goes that famous movie star again Mundane Hobby Bragging about his weekend spent gardening
by Human Peacocking May 18, 2023
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Stigma brag

To brag, highlight, or bring attention to something that is stigmatized, lowly, common, or otherwise commonly unworthy of popular status. Examples include bragging about failures, past trauma, illnessed, hardships, etc.
There goes that super rich politician stigma bragging about how hard his childhood was in order to get further attention & sympathy.
by Human Peacocking May 11, 2023
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Pedigree Mimic

A person who pretends to have credentials or background experience or a pedigree that they don't actually have. For example, they did a month course at Harvard and put 'Harvard graduate' on their profiles. Technically this is true, but the audience assumes a broader pedigree than the person actually has.
Tom's resume was selected because he's was pedigree mimicing and included that week harvard class in his resume.
by Human Peacocking July 7, 2023
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Davos Effect

The Davos effect refers to when two high status people walk towards each other with no idea who is higher or should get out of the other's way.

It happens in environments where there are very high status people but with no hierarchical context or idea of who the others are.

The term was coined for the World Economic Forum (WEF), held in Davos. Because high status attendees are not allowed to bring an entourage, no one knows who is higher in status and they habitually walk into each other because everyone refuses to give way.
Those two CEOs just showed the Davos Effect, they walked directly into each other, neither knew who should get out of the other's way!
by Human Peacocking January 23, 2024
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Victim brag

To publicly celebrate, highlight, brag about how one (or one's group) was victimized by others.

The greater the harm to the victim, the more notable the brag. The more perpetrators who did the harm, the more notable the brag.
There's john victim bragging again about how his teachers in high school wronged him by giving him tests that were too hard!
by Human Peacocking May 19, 2023
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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
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Virtue brag

Bragging that one voluntarily exercises self restraint in the face of temptation, or takes less than one can out of moral purity or other lofty sensibilities
Tom is virtue bragging about how he paid more for his new yacht because it has more efficient fuel use and doesn't pollute the environment as much.
by Human Peacocking June 6, 2023
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