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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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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
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Hustle Brag

(verb)
To brag about the high amount of effort that one puts into an activity
To emphasize that you work harder than other people, sacrifice while others are consuming, and otherwise have put in more effort, likely leading to well deserved or earned success.
He wrote some hustle bragging post on linked-in about he only sleeps 3 hours a day and works the rest
by Human Peacocking April 18, 2023
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Humility brag

To conspicuously show off how humble one is. To advertise that one doesn't have an ego, that one doesn't want or seek status or attention, doesn't care about fame/fortune, etc.
Look at John humility bragging about how he never takes credit for anything!
by Human Peacocking May 12, 2023
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Vulnerability Brag

Purposefully highlighting your sensitivity, pain, fears, or weaknesses to a public audience.
There goes another CEO using a vulnerability brag by crying on social media
by Human Peacocking July 16, 2024
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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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Neuro-Bullshit

Reference to some neurological study or brain imaging study or MRI study or 'the brain points light up here' study which has value implications about something super complex, but is used by a speaker to baffle their audience, claim expertise, and make a point that can't be refuted (unless the audience is neuroscientists).
Look at that speaker putting all that Neuro-Bullshit on the presentation screen at the start of their lecture in order to convince us that what they're saying about how people behave is right. They're not a neuroscientists and neither are we, why are they showing us brain photos?!
by Human Peacocking March 5, 2024
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