braggie
/ˈbɹæɡi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Oxford Dictionary may have named “selfie” the word of the year for 2013, but British tourists are using their holiday photographs as “braggies” to boast about their travels to friends and family on social media"
- "A ‘braggie’ is an image posted to social networks designed purely to show off or make friends jealous, and according to new research one in ten users do this regularly. […] The most popular form of braggies were by the pool, beach or surrounding areas (43 per cent), drinking cocktails (12 per cent) or pulling a ‘sparrowface’ or ‘duckface pose (3 per cent) which is the trend of pouting at the camera."
- "Besides showing off, other reasons people gave for posting braggies were to appear more interesting and popular, and to increase the likes and comments on their social media page or wall."
- "She says, “Apart from boasting about the exotic locations that you went to, braggies are a good way of documenting your trips. The popular choices for braggies are by the pools or beaches, an exotic resort where you are sipping a pretty cocktail and or a slight pout facing the camera."