Bragging - what is it?

I'm so wonderful it can't be bragging when I talk about myself but I do try hard not to gloat over others...

Telling me about the new kitchen ,grandchild or whatever is fine. Just don't go on and on and on about the detail. Don't, whatever you do make me feel as if I'm deprived because I don't have these things. Tell me your news and then think of normal things.

Those round robin letters some people send at Christmas are often subtle bragging. But we have actually had quite a laugh at some of them.

Big heads who boast, show off and blow their on trumpets.

Show offs as my mother called them.

Josianne that’s the only way to listen to Annie Lennox! Love her

Doodledog - you got it!

I think it depends who you are telling.

If I say "I've got a new 'thing' and I love it, and isn't it pretty, and did I tell you about my new thing . . ." to my sister or daughter they wouldn't see it as bragging, but I wouldn't say it in that way to others.

I like seeing people taking pleasure in things, and only really find it wearing when they try to 'trump' others - 'My grand-daughter passed all of her exams and got her degree!' followed by 'That's nice - of course my grandson got a first class degree from Oxford', or similar.

Isn't the constant taking of selfies the modern equivalent of bragging or "bigging yourself up"

I rather like Eurythmics JaneJudge on full blast!

Saved us putting anything on

Judging by other threads, ‘bragging’ probably has a whole new meaning,on a sexual theme, used by youngsters, but unknown to most people over 60.

Similar Josianne in that one’s painful on the ears and the other painful on the eyes if an over muscled bod.

Tea3

Hasn’t bragging come to be called ‘bigging yourself up’?

Like with protein shakes?!!

And it covers your chin so well Lemongrove

Hasn’t bragging come to be called ‘bigging yourself up’?

lemongrove

Yes, BlueBelle that’s exactly what bragging is.Now, while I have your attention.... have you seen my wonderful new hair do? It suits me a treat and all my friends are envious, even my hairdresser said that he’d never seen such hair on anyone my age, and it’s so glossy and beautifully conditioned too! My husband and all his friends can’t stop looking at it and telling me how great it looks, and their wives are all jealous.
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Such modesty

Yes, BlueBelle that’s exactly what bragging is.Now, while I have your attention.... have you seen my wonderful new hair do? It suits me a treat and all my friends are envious, even my hairdresser said that he’d never seen such hair on anyone my age, and it’s so glossy and beautifully conditioned too! My husband and all his friends can’t stop looking at it and telling me how great it looks, and their wives are all jealous.
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I think Bluebelle nailed it!

JaneJudge ?

Doesn't bragging imply that you are trying to incite jealousy in some way?
I don't think there is anything wrong with taking a lot of pride in a new kitchen, car or grandchild etc.
I was accused of being very boastful about an achievement on GN and told to go and polish my halo. It never occurred to me that people would get envious, but then I do use a lot of superlatives to express my delight or enjoyment in things.
I rather like Eurythmics JaneJudge on full blast!

Bragging is having a new car and sitting outside your next door neighbours drive playing Eurythmics at full blast with the top down

Ah so “I’ve got a smashing new car” is just flagging it up ….

Sagging maybe ! I might be lagging sometimes
I think bragging is if you go on about it
If you tell someone you ve got a new car which you love that’s a bit of news, if you start saying oh my cars really wonderful
I ve never seen another one like it round here it’s got seats to die for, wait till you see it you ll fall in love with it I bet everyone’s jealous of my gorgeous new car…. That’s bragging
Same with kids My son has got really good grades in his exams, thats news, then for the umpteenth time my sons grades were brilliant, he beat all his peers, he was really the top one in his whole class, with those grades he ll get to Oxford /Cambridge etc etc I can’t believe how well he’s done, no one came near him …yawn yawn

Nagging ? Oh that’s what women do to men, and if men do it it’s called “reminding”.

Or twagging (playing truant)