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==Origin==

==Origin==

''Braggadochio'', personification of boasting in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faerie_Queene Faerie Queene] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Spenser Edmund Spenser]

''Braggadochio'', personification of boasting in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faerie_Queene Faerie Queene] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Spenser Edmund Spenser]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16t_century 1594]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16t_century 1594]

Possibly derived from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Gaelic Irish Gaelic] word ''bréag'', pronounced ''b'ríǒg'', meaning a [[lie]], an exaggeration, a [[deceit]], a deception. Similarly, the noun "bragger" may be derived from the Gaelic word ''bréagóir'', a liar, wheedler, deceiver or exaggerator. The phrasing in its current use of boasting or to embellish, could quite easliy be dated back to skadic verses, and particularlly the skaldic poet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bragi_Boddason Bragi Boddason] who used elaborate kennings to tell the deeds of gods. Over time and across dialects Bragi, simply drops the i to become brag.

Possibly derived from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Gaelic Irish Gaelic] word ''bréag'', pronounced ''b'ríǒg'', meaning a [[lie]], an exaggeration, a [[deceit]], a deception. Similarly, the noun "bragger" may be derived from the Gaelic word ''bréagóir'', a liar, wheedler, deceiver or exaggerator. The phrasing in its current use of boasting or to embellish, could quite easliy be dated back to skadic verses, and particularlly the skaldic poet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bragi_Boddason Bragi Boddason] who used elaborate kennings to tell the deeds of gods. Over time and across dialects Bragi, simply drops the i to become brag.

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: braggart

*1: braggart

:b : [[arrogant]] pretension : cockiness  

:b : [[arrogant]] pretension : cockiness  

==Description==

==Description==

''Boasting'' or '''bragging''' is the act of making an ostentatious [[speech]]. It is considered a [[vice]] by such major religious groups as Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Boasting has also been [[studied]] by such [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology evolutionary psychologists] and can involve [[magnifying]] an accomplishment out of [[proportion]] to its importance.

''Boasting'' or '''bragging''' is the act of making an ostentatious [[speech]]. It is considered a [[vice]] by such major religious groups as Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Boasting has also been [[studied]] by such [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology evolutionary psychologists] and can involve [[magnifying]] an accomplishment out of [[proportion]] to its importance.

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Lie]]'''''

*'''''[[Lie]]'''''

[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Psychology]]