Definition: When someone ignores your messages for days, then posts something impressive on social media to remind you they’re "still winning."
Example:
"He didn’t reply for a week but just posted a gym selfie with a Lambo in the back—classic ghost flexing."
"He didn’t reply for a week but just posted a gym selfie with a Lambo in the back—classic ghost flexing."
by efsz June 28, 2025
Get the Ghost Flexing mug.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
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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
Get the Trauma flexing mug.When someone doesn’t brag, doesn’t show off, doesn’t even try, but still ends up making everyone else feel under-leveled just by existing. It’s the kind of natural aura that says, “I’m not trying to impress you… But you’re impressed anyway.”
“Bro walked into class with messy hair and no effort, and suddenly the whole room went quiet. That’s silent flexing.”
by minghaochihiro November 26, 2025
Get the Silent Flexing mug.A person who blocks people just to talk shit about them over social media and seeks agreement with likes and comments.
Carla is such a chey'd flexin attention ho! She blocked Nicole and then talked shit about her and if Nicole had something to say bring it on but Nicole couldn't see anything from being blocked.
Comments from unblocked people:
YOU GO GIRL! TELL EM CARLA! I GOT YOUR BACK!
Comments from unblocked people:
YOU GO GIRL! TELL EM CARLA! I GOT YOUR BACK!
by Kaleesi April 29, 2021
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Get the Non-octo flexitarian mug.The principle that science is flexible—capable of bending, adapting, and evolving without breaking. Science is not a rigid set of eternal truths but a living, breathing process that flexes to accommodate new evidence, new methods, new questions. A flexible science can admit error, change course, incorporate criticism, and grow stronger. An inflexible "science" is dogma wearing a lab coat. The Law of Scientific Flexibility distinguishes genuine science from pseudoscience: real science bends; pseudoscience breaks. Flexibility is not weakness; it's the source of science's strength, its ability to survive contact with reality.
Example: "When new evidence contradicted her hypothesis, she didn't cling to it—she flexed. The Law of Scientific Flexibility meant changing her mind was not failure but function. Her critics called her inconsistent; she called herself scientific. Flexibility had done its work: keeping her aligned with evidence, not ego."
by Dumu The Void February 19, 2026
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