"sick flex" is a reference to two pop culture points of interest. "sick" refers to the mid charting hit "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed that broke the Billboard top 20 in 2007. "flex" is an homage to the late Billy Mays due to his relentless pontificating on the water-resistant properties of the made-for-tv product Flex-Seal. In essence, you are both down and sticky, a condition we refer to as "Peter Northed".
by Indexfossil May 5, 2021
Get the sick flex mug.Verb - to show off, instill jealousy and a sense of inferiority on others whether intentional or not.
Also, a word to give powerless people the feeling of power by granting them the feeling of being in a higher moral ground of 'humility' (by keeping quiet, most of the time, to protect their own ego in case someone superior makes them feel worse), and hence the perceived moral authority to insinuate people as malicious narcissists regardless of the true intention of the person sharing the experience.
The word is used in both attack (insult) and defense mechanisms.
As an attack, to guilt trip and label a person's action as malicious for making other people around them potentially feel worse about themselves, regardless of the actual intent.
As a defense, to distract a person from the realization of their own inferiority, by insinuating that the other person is a narcissist, thereby shifting the battle from a battle of 'who is skillfully superior' to 'who is morally superior', taking the person using the word from a position of loss due to worse skills, to a winning position by thinking of themselves as humble and non-malicious for keeping quiet.
The word is easy to use, doesn't require high emotional intelligence, and absolves the user of responsibility for causing emotional hurt to the other person they use it on due to the frequency of use in popular culture.
Also, a word to give powerless people the feeling of power by granting them the feeling of being in a higher moral ground of 'humility' (by keeping quiet, most of the time, to protect their own ego in case someone superior makes them feel worse), and hence the perceived moral authority to insinuate people as malicious narcissists regardless of the true intention of the person sharing the experience.
The word is used in both attack (insult) and defense mechanisms.
As an attack, to guilt trip and label a person's action as malicious for making other people around them potentially feel worse about themselves, regardless of the actual intent.
As a defense, to distract a person from the realization of their own inferiority, by insinuating that the other person is a narcissist, thereby shifting the battle from a battle of 'who is skillfully superior' to 'who is morally superior', taking the person using the word from a position of loss due to worse skills, to a winning position by thinking of themselves as humble and non-malicious for keeping quiet.
The word is easy to use, doesn't require high emotional intelligence, and absolves the user of responsibility for causing emotional hurt to the other person they use it on due to the frequency of use in popular culture.
Example 1:
A (Cheerful Person who generally just likes to share things they like, slightly insensitive)
B (Has insecurities about their achievements, often compares themselves to other people)
A: Hey! My Aunt treated us to this nice buffet place last night!
B: Woah... FLEX!
A: How is that flexing?
B: Because we all wanted to go buffet yesterday but we couldn't! Now you made us all feel jealous and poor!
Example 2:
C (Doesn't care what others think, does things on his own and does very well in them)
B (Has insecurities about their achievements, often compares themselves to other people)
C: *Presents the work he's been doing solo on his own for the past 3 months, while everyone else has been slacking*
B: *Whispers to a friend* Oh my god, this is such a market spoiler. Is he trying to flex towards the Professor?
C: *Doesn't actually care what anyone thinks, he just enjoys what he's doing and does very well in it*
A (Cheerful Person who generally just likes to share things they like, slightly insensitive)
B (Has insecurities about their achievements, often compares themselves to other people)
A: Hey! My Aunt treated us to this nice buffet place last night!
B: Woah... FLEX!
A: How is that flexing?
B: Because we all wanted to go buffet yesterday but we couldn't! Now you made us all feel jealous and poor!
Example 2:
C (Doesn't care what others think, does things on his own and does very well in them)
B (Has insecurities about their achievements, often compares themselves to other people)
C: *Presents the work he's been doing solo on his own for the past 3 months, while everyone else has been slacking*
B: *Whispers to a friend* Oh my god, this is such a market spoiler. Is he trying to flex towards the Professor?
C: *Doesn't actually care what anyone thinks, he just enjoys what he's doing and does very well in it*
by jb_c_b May 6, 2021
Get the Flex mug.Somethings is a flex when it’s cool/prestigious to have, cool to have done, or just cool/prestigious.
Ex: buying a million dollars house at 20 is a flex.
by Benz’O July 5, 2022
Get the Flex mug.Example 1: www.boredpanda.com relies on flexing many artists' work since they don't actually create their own content.
Example 2: That TikToker keeps flexing me on her videos. Maybe she wants more followers
Example 2: That TikToker keeps flexing me on her videos. Maybe she wants more followers
by silasmarnerbitch July 10, 2022
Get the Flex mug.by The Z Meister June 7, 2022
Get the Flexing Kegels mug.Is when someone show off their wealth or their a body physical attribute (e.g. huge muscles, blue eyes, etc) on people he/she think that they envy them.
"Bro, I took a picture of myself after the gym and posted it on instagram to flex on them Haters."
"Man, this guy keep posting his new Ferrari on his social media feeds to flex on them haters"
"Man, this guy keep posting his new Ferrari on his social media feeds to flex on them haters"
by Rebel in a locked space June 10, 2022
Get the Flex on them Haters mug.When software support can fix a customers seemingly enormous problem with only a few lines of code- while the customer is on the phone-there by saving the customer a significant amount of time.
I thought it would take forever to fix my data base error, but support pulled a Menges Flex and I got on with my day!
by Bill C Lecter September 6, 2022
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