They are the hottest, coolest, funniest, craxx machaxx person in the room. Everybody loves them. Closeted LGBT, closeted corporate hater. Their thoughts are divine.
by iit6774 November 24, 2021

Last semester my professor wouldn’t stop talking about “intergenerational trauma” because she blamed her mother for all her problems.
by anonymous April 25, 2022

Last semester, my professor wouldn't stop talking about intergenerational trauma and what a terrible childhood she had because her mom didn’t buy her a car in high school.
by anonymous April 25, 2022

The sudden, disorienting emotional response when an AI generates a reply that is surprisingly accurate, humanlike, or unsettling—leaving the user questioning intelligence, reality, or their comfort with technology.
by ShamPawnYaa June 25, 2025

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
by Human Peacocking June 10, 2023

The feeling that comes after you've eaten a large meal but shit so little, leaving you to wonder if some of the food couldn't find its way out of the trench.
by The Tangible Laugh June 30, 2016

The act of bragging, recounting, one-upping, about a traumatic life event - physical (i.e. road rash, bad cramps, etc.), medical emergency (anything from a splinter to a widowmaker heart attack), mental health related (“The cheese slid off my cracker in 20__”), major life event (someone you loved croaked or croaked themselves), or emotionally inflicted (from a breakup to being gang raped by a whole Archdiocese of priests and nuns), even bemoaning one’s racial plight and/or difficulties associated with their sexuality/gender identification/you-name-it.
It is simply a ploy to garner sympathy and attention, perhaps intersectional leverage. Quite an effective strategic tool.
It is simply a ploy to garner sympathy and attention, perhaps intersectional leverage. Quite an effective strategic tool.
(Ned): “Did I tell you that I endured four weeks of chest pains before I had my heart attack, stroke, and Exploding Colon Syndrome?”
(Jacques): “Ya. Fifteen times since Juneteeenth. Maybe get checked for the ‘heimers, too. And quit with the trauma flexing. It pisses off everyone and makes me uncomfortable, you dong.”
(Jacques): “Ya. Fifteen times since Juneteeenth. Maybe get checked for the ‘heimers, too. And quit with the trauma flexing. It pisses off everyone and makes me uncomfortable, you dong.”
by Robaürt Du Maÿnnne July 14, 2025
