Braggie vs Raggie - What's the difference?
braggie | raggie |
(label) A photo shared on a social media network with the sole intention of making one's friends/followers jealous.
:Sarah just posted the ultimate holiday braggie on Instagram.
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(obsolete) ragged; rough
As a noun braggie
is (label) a photo shared on a social media network with the sole intention of making one's friends/followers jealous.As an adjective raggie is
(obsolete) ragged; rough.braggie
English
Noun
(en noun)Forget the 'selfie': holidaymakers go for 'braggie' photos", The Telegraph , 21 November 2013:
- 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
Forget selfies - it's all about the 'BRAGGIE': One in three upload photos to social networks just to show off", Daily Mail , 21 November 2013:
- 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.
Get, set and brag", The Asian Age , 28 December 2014:
- She says, “Apart from boasting about the exotic locations that you went to, braggies are a good way of documenting your trips.
raggie
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Alternative forms
* raggyAdjective
(en adjective)- A stony and raggie hill. — Holland.