brag
Noun: brag1. An instance of boastful talkVerb: brag (bragged,bragging)1. Show offAdjective: brag1. Exceptionally goodSeems odd how they differBrag when i was young was a card game each player having 3...
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We had a three card game called Guts. Everyone put in an ante to create a pot and then everyone was delt three cards. You could "go in" in which case if you had the winning hand you won the whole pot....
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A quotation from Yeats on the "brag" thread introduced me to the word cromlech, which I then looked up in OED2. The material below was quite interesting to me so I thought I'd share it:[Cromlech:] A...
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Dolmens according to Robert Macalister in Ireland approx 1600 to 1200 bc some kind of chambered burial site-apparently Carrowkeel in co sligo has best preserved examples in europe he states from...
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I haven't heard the noun "brag" used, that I can remember. How would one use it? I can only think of "braggard". And, for that matter, the adjective also.
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Thanks, Eliza. I haven't run across that usage. Now I'm gonna hear it every day, I suppose. Sigh...
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"Brag" is commonly used both as something very goodand as a noun in show dog circles. At meetings the members are often asked if theyhave any "brags" meaning new accomplishments, wins ortitles. There...
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"Brag" as a noun can stand -- as well as for the boast itself and the card game -- for the person doing the bragging, though the more usual term for that is "braggart"."Brag" is one of those annoying...
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