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subtlebrag

(verb) The act of weaving a bragging statement about something subtly into an image or statement (such as on a social media post) that doesn’t explicitly make a statement about the thing you’re bragging about or is completely unrelated, but it was very purposefully inserted. The content of the subtlebrag is often the real intent of the image/statement, with the image/statement possibly even being made in the first place as a way to brag about the thing while trying to make it seem innocuously about something else. Most commonly used as a way to brag about lifestyle choices and/or milestones such as being engaged, without the explicit attention-seeking nature that everyone now recognizes in humblebrags.

(noun) The statement/image/social media post created when one engages in the act of subtlebragging.

(adj.) A modifier of another term that indicates that the word has been deemed a subtlebrag (usually used in the form subtlebragg-y)
(verb) Ever since her wedding three years ago, Tiffany has been craving the attention and volume of "likes" she once got about her special day, and has used every birthday and holiday as an excuse to subtlebrag about it on social media.

(noun) On Earth Day, Tiffany executed a flawless subtlebrag when she posted a picture of her outdoor wedding with the caption "I love the Earth, but especially this beautiful little piece of it that shared the happiest day of my life with my DH and me."

(adj) "Did you see that subtlebraggy pic Tiffany instagrammed of her hands clutching a Starbucks cup? Beezy knows that Starbucks + nail polish pics are so 2013, she just wants a way to work a picture of her ring into as many social media posts as possible."
by littleface May 15, 2015
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Subtweet Paranoia

a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically elaborated into an organized system given by reading tweets. A person would think, when they see someone subtweet, it is about them.
Tweet: She just gave me the nastiest lasagna ever.

Jim: I saw your tweet. You could've just told me you didn't like my cooking.

John: What are you even talking about? You never even cooked me lasagna. That tweet wasn't about you.

Jim: I'm sorry. I guess I have a case of subtweet paranoia.
by Cinnamon sheen October 16, 2016
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subtweet

when that ratchet on twitter or instagram says something about one person but doesn't use their name so it's anonymous
subtweeted: "some people need to stop being so fake."
person it's about: "say it to my face lisa!"
by crabs snail February 14, 2017
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le rouge sublet

(n)
(semi)Exact Translation: The Red House

1. A house of particular subconcious deep in a feild of vast memory

2. A keeping and collective of extensive and combative personalities and emotions in the deeper recesses of the mind
"push.tyber is host to Le Rouge Sublet"
by push.tyber March 21, 2005
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Suttle

It's SUBTLE, you dipshit.
there's a subtle b there it's not suttle
by Disper C May 30, 2018
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subbtle

A mix between 'Subtle' and 'Subdued'
He was quite Subbtle
by Jon Lane September 10, 2006
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subterraneous

"Anybody can be Subterraneous. No credit checks, no applications, no membership fees… If You support Hip Hop, You are Subterraneous."-OMA
Subterraneous is a movement, we call it subterraneous cause we don't even believe in the underground no more. That's just as shady....
by KritiKal November 28, 2002
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