h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I only discovered the word HumbleBrag very recently. Not being Down with the Yoof, or insufficiently intellectually-stimulated by current memes. I'd never heard of it until it came up in a list of new words that have been added to the English Language Dictionaries.

So, basically, the reason it appeals to me is that I've found myself mentioning things about day-to-day life here on this desert island, that end up sounding exactly like a humblebrag. So I shut up and say nothing at all. It's hard, because the problematic situations, or interesting things I might want to mention, are so different from those back in the UK. I guess you'd say a lot of them were 'First World Problems'. And indeed you'd be correct.

So, excuse me if many of the journals this month end up on the bragging end of the spectrum. I'm just trying to think of things to write about that may interest any readers that have got this far down the page, and that I have the enthusiasm to write about.

Wish me luck and a following wind as I attempt to locate my writing mode. Do they have an app for this? No - it seems I have to do it all by myself.

Okay, you can all stop reading now. I'll try harder to be coherent tomorrow.

[Searches for Lanzababy's writing mode, but can only find pie a la mode ]

I've never heard the word before either, but I have heard of the phenomenon. I'll look forward to some exotic ones from you to brighten up a dull November!

Deb

Don't worry about bragging. We love to hear about your island. Having been there I know it has its good points and its bad points and you can certainly tell us about both.

God knows I have been boring the pants of everybody on the Internet about Russia for forever. I say go for it. I am certainly very much looking forward to hearing about your island.

Never heard the word before, but strangely as it may seem I find myself being very familiar with it

I rather hear about humblebrag than schadenfreude.

[Amy P]

You just go for it. I certainly want to hear more about your desert island!

Reddit

I've heard the term "stealthboast", which I think is the same phenomenon.

There's an American guy, Dale something, who has been persuading American billionaires to achieve happiness by giving away all their money. One of the essential aspects of his method is that the money should be given anonymously so that you don't get to humblebrag or stealthboast.

Brag away, most of us only get a week or so a year to stock up on sunshine!

Stealth boast must be related to name dropping, no?

I only ever donate anonymously

How's that for stealth boasting?