Stigma brag 

To brag, highlight, or bring attention to something that is stigmatized, lowly, common, or otherwise commonly unworthy of popular status. Examples include bragging about failures, past trauma, illnessed, hardships, etc.

There goes that super rich politician stigma bragging about how hard his childhood was in order to get further attention & sympathy.

Stigma brag by Human Peacocking May 11, 2023

Stigma Brag 

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.

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!

Stigma Brag by Sqeezle April 10, 2023