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!
by Sqeezle April 10, 2023
Get the Stigma Bragmug. Feeling pretty today.
If one were to post that statement on their social media profile, it could denote a hash tag called hash brag. #hashbrag
If one were to post that statement on their social media profile, it could denote a hash tag called hash brag. #hashbrag
by Powers Bitch January 11, 2024
Get the Hash Bragmug. Compound Verb.
Something politically incorrect is said or done regarding an individual which is actually a compliment. The mindset of the target is often as follows.
>Hey!
>Hey Everyone!
>Look At Me!
>I'm so attractive and desirable that some guy spent a ton of time obsessing over me
>He's so obsessed with my beauty that he spent a ton of time imagining me naked
>cuz I'm so hot
>ME
>PAY ATTENTION TO ME
The target of a wolf whistle or cat call can express outrage but the give away is the smile they'll have on their face while doing so.
The following anecdote illustrates victim bragging in process.
I was once walking home from Uni with a girl and some guy catcalled her from a passing car.
She spent the entire remainder of the day telling everyone we met how terrible and demeaning the incident was, all the while wearing a shit-eating grin on her face. That catcall was her proudest achievement that year I'd imagine.
Something politically incorrect is said or done regarding an individual which is actually a compliment. The mindset of the target is often as follows.
>Hey!
>Hey Everyone!
>Look At Me!
>I'm so attractive and desirable that some guy spent a ton of time obsessing over me
>He's so obsessed with my beauty that he spent a ton of time imagining me naked
>cuz I'm so hot
>ME
>PAY ATTENTION TO ME
The target of a wolf whistle or cat call can express outrage but the give away is the smile they'll have on their face while doing so.
The following anecdote illustrates victim bragging in process.
I was once walking home from Uni with a girl and some guy catcalled her from a passing car.
She spent the entire remainder of the day telling everyone we met how terrible and demeaning the incident was, all the while wearing a shit-eating grin on her face. That catcall was her proudest achievement that year I'd imagine.
by Overton Window Escapee January 31, 2024
Get the Victim bragging.mug. 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
Get the Tenure bragmug. The Law of Bragging is:
The moment you begin to brag about doing something, your chances of failure in doing that thing begin to rise exponentially.
The moment you begin to brag about doing something, your chances of failure in doing that thing begin to rise exponentially.
Guy 1: "I'm pretty good at skateboarding."
*Guy 1 does an alright trick.*
Guy 2: "I'm the fucking best."
*Guy 2 steps onto his board.*
Guy 2: "Nobody's better than me - watch and see!"
*Everyone in the crowd turns to look.*
*Guy 2 falls backward off his board, breaking his assbone.*
Guy 1: "Law of bragging, bro."
*Guy 1 does an alright trick.*
Guy 2: "I'm the fucking best."
*Guy 2 steps onto his board.*
Guy 2: "Nobody's better than me - watch and see!"
*Everyone in the crowd turns to look.*
*Guy 2 falls backward off his board, breaking his assbone.*
Guy 1: "Law of bragging, bro."
by zettaishojo April 4, 2014
Get the law of braggingmug. I'm not doing that... I'm mocking you... You, a woman, are being mocked by an incel... For being bad at the only thing you care about... Hahahahahahahahaha!
Hym "Yep. Their coming after IVF, Contraception, Abortion... I mean... I'm an incel though so... Hahahahahahaha! Oh no! Your actions have consequences now! OoOoOoOoOoH nOoOoOo! You're fine with people trying to control MY life though, aren't ya? Yeah you are. All that success policing and for what? To shit out a kid against your will? What did it amount to? Nothing. I'm not bragging though. If I was going to bragging I would give you a little anecdote about a girl I work with. She was complaining about being in the second trimester and how she has to work 2 jobs... Now... My question to HER is: Did you fuck the creator of A.I. or no? Who did you fuck? Did he write the Joker? Did you buy a dvd copy of the Joker and watch it for 7 years straight?"
by Hym Iam February 27, 2024
Get the Braggingmug. To highlight one's closeness to a famous person who recently died by loudly proclaiming how close you were with them and how much their passing affects you, all under the guise of a eulogy. Can be strengthened through the use of personal stories, photos, or nicknames.
John: It's so terrible that Johnny died, we were so close and I'll never recover from this.
Alice: You mean that famous billionaire that you met once at a conference 5 years ago?
That's guy's facebook post is a complete eulogy brag, he barely knew that famous person who just died and now he's acting like they were the closest friends ever and is so hurt by his passing.
Alice: You mean that famous billionaire that you met once at a conference 5 years ago?
That's guy's facebook post is a complete eulogy brag, he barely knew that famous person who just died and now he's acting like they were the closest friends ever and is so hurt by his passing.
by Human Peacocking March 29, 2024
Get the Eulogy Bragmug.