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 flexingmug. by InkDictionary January 11, 2019
Get the Flex Tapemug. A flex which is not awkward like a normal weird flex, but is weird in it's contents while nonetheless impressive.
"I won a game of chess on my phone while using it as a bat to play table tennis (real story) ."
"That's a real weird flex
"That's a real weird flex
by Soosmon July 1, 2023
Get the Real weird flexmug. Flexing one's muscles either literally or figuretively . Seems to be a practice common amongst celebrities of various ilks and persuasions.
1 Rhonda rowsey performed her diva flex by showing off her biceps just before the boxing match. 2 sly stallone did. His diva flex by arriving to the set in a golf cart and insisting that none of the crew look him in the eye or speak directly to him.
by 4realazitgits March 25, 2021
Get the Diva flexmug. Delayed Flexing in the simplest terms, is during the time that school comes back in, waiting to flex until after everyone else come back from the summer. Every body will wanna flex on them thotties when they come back from summer right? We’ll, wait till them broke ass boys are done and then come back one week looking fresh AF. Then you’ll stand out to them hot hunnies ya know?
Broke ass boy: Damn how is Tommy pulling all these hoes? I came back looking nice as hell and got no booty.
Other broke ass boy: Shit we all flexed at once and he waited to hella flex and now they don’t see us. He really got us with the Delayed Flexing
Brokeass boy: Fuck I guess
Other broke ass boy: Shit we all flexed at once and he waited to hella flex and now they don’t see us. He really got us with the Delayed Flexing
Brokeass boy: Fuck I guess
by ColdRice August 2, 2018
Get the Delayed Flexingmug. by LendAhandtoLELCat September 13, 2022
Get the flexmug. by JoeBass April 3, 2021
Get the Flexingmug.