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When someone high in status brags about having a surprisingly mundane, lowly, stigmatized, crass, or boring hobby. Hobby examples include gardening, cooking, video games, arts and crafts, or some other activity typically associated with common people.
by Human Peacocking May 18, 2023
Get the Mundane hobby brag mug.To publicly celebrate, highlight, brag about how one (or one's group) was victimized by others.
The greater the harm to the victim, the more notable the brag. The more perpetrators who did the harm, the more notable the brag.
The greater the harm to the victim, the more notable the brag. The more perpetrators who did the harm, the more notable the brag.
There's john victim bragging again about how his teachers in high school wronged him by giving him tests that were too hard!
by Human Peacocking May 19, 2023
Get the Victim brag mug.John is demonstrating following the peacock's law by walking into his office in T-shirt and sandals while all his employees have to be in a suit
by Human Peacocking May 29, 2023
Get the Peacock's Law mug.Bragging that one voluntarily exercises self restraint in the face of temptation, or takes less than one can out of moral purity or other lofty sensibilities
Tom is virtue bragging about how he paid more for his new yacht because it has more efficient fuel use and doesn't pollute the environment as much.
by Human Peacocking June 6, 2023
Get the Virtue brag mug.To brag, highlight, or bring attention to hardship that one has experienced. Examples include highlighting one's experience of poverty, illness, abuse, or adversity
These types of brags get attention for higher status signalers and dismissal for low status ones
These types of brags get attention for higher status signalers and dismissal for low status ones
There's the head of that bank trauma bragging about his illness in order to get more clout in the newspaper headlines
by Human Peacocking June 10, 2023
Get the Trauma Brag mug.The first rule of peacocking is : don't tell the audience what it already knows.
This 'rule' refers to a maxim in social science literature that a person/thing trying to show status should not be repetitive / redundant and give the audience what they already know would happen.
This 'rule' refers to a maxim in social science literature that a person/thing trying to show status should not be repetitive / redundant and give the audience what they already know would happen.
John just violated the First Rule of Peacocking when giving his acceptance speech! he acted like no one knew why they were all there when he told them again about his achievements.
by Human Peacocking June 11, 2023
Get the First Rule of Peacocking mug.The Davos effect refers to when two high status people walk towards each other with no idea who is higher or should get out of the other's way.
It happens in environments where there are very high status people but with no hierarchical context or idea of who the others are.
The term was coined for the World Economic Forum (WEF), held in Davos. Because high status attendees are not allowed to bring an entourage, no one knows who is higher in status and they habitually walk into each other because everyone refuses to give way.
It happens in environments where there are very high status people but with no hierarchical context or idea of who the others are.
The term was coined for the World Economic Forum (WEF), held in Davos. Because high status attendees are not allowed to bring an entourage, no one knows who is higher in status and they habitually walk into each other because everyone refuses to give way.
Those two CEOs just showed the Davos Effect, they walked directly into each other, neither knew who should get out of the other's way!
by Human Peacocking January 23, 2024
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