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.
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Get the Virtue brag mug.To brag, highlight, or bring attention to hardship that one has experienced. Examples include highlighting one's experience of poverty, illness, abuse, or adversity
These types of brags get attention for higher status signalers and dismissal for low status ones
These types of brags get attention for higher status signalers and dismissal for low status ones
There's the head of that bank trauma bragging about his illness in order to get more clout in the newspaper headlines
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Get the Trauma Brag mug.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.
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!
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Get the Brag mug.One person makes a boastful statement, and then another does the same in an effort to outdo the first.
The "Brag-race" is now on.
Whoever runs out of brags first, looses.
The "Brag-race" is now on.
Whoever runs out of brags first, looses.
I was at the bar last night.
Stan started talking about this hot blond he nailed the other night, and then Mortimer chimed in, trying to out do him.
The Brag race ended in tears when Stan forced Mortimer to confess he was actually talking about an incident with his own cousin at a family reunion.
Stan started talking about this hot blond he nailed the other night, and then Mortimer chimed in, trying to out do him.
The Brag race ended in tears when Stan forced Mortimer to confess he was actually talking about an incident with his own cousin at a family reunion.
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"Did you see Alvin Bragging on the TV when that orange clown came in and got fingerprinted? Man he looked whipped when he croaked out 'not guilty' ... his collar was all stained and shit, his wife was no where to be seen. He was ass-kicked for sure"
"Don't go all smug on me thinking you caught me cheating with a porn-star -- there's no Alvin Bragging going on here today."
"Don't go all smug on me thinking you caught me cheating with a porn-star -- there's no Alvin Bragging going on here today."
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Get the Alvin Bragging mug.A type of brag or status signaling behavior whereby someone highlights something that is generally shameful or embarrassing.
Can include things like failures (a failure resume), childhood hardship, poverty, illness or imperfect physical conditions, etc.
This type of brag is generally shunned or punished by audiences generally UNLESS the braggart is very high in status - in which case its often rewarded.
Can include things like failures (a failure resume), childhood hardship, poverty, illness or imperfect physical conditions, etc.
This type of brag is generally shunned or punished by audiences generally UNLESS the braggart is very high in status - in which case its often rewarded.
All those prestigious Harvard students are now making stigma brags by posting their "failure resumes" on linked-in and getting lots of likes. If they were from Boston community college then that wouldn't get them any attention at all!
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