Word: bragging
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...know you shouldn't brag about the bad stuff you did as a kid: shoplifting, doing drugs, getting chased by the police. But it's so hard not to. That's the problem Frank W. Abagnale Jr., 54, is facing. He did something very, very wrong--he stole $2.5 million--but he did it so coolly, it's hard not to be a little proud. "As time went by, I didn't really care to have a movie made about my life," he says while sitting on the set of the film. "I was married, and I had children. What...
Your sexiest physical trait: I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve always thought I had nice wrists...
SMALL TREATS Nanjing, unlike many Chinese cities, doesn't boast about its tasty snacks. While Shanghainese love to brag about their steamed pork buns and Beijingers crow about their boiled dumplings, Nanjing keeps its particular brand of xiao chi, or little snacks, under wraps. The best way to sample Nanjing's unsung delectables at their most authentic is to join the early morning crowds in the Wenchang Xiang neighborhood, a few blocks from People's Square. You'll find dozens of dexterous cooks already up and kneading, shaping, frying and baking all manner of snacks...
...during the first week of June, they will embarrass you. Especially your grandparents. They will fuss over you and ask you if you’ve eaten and tell your roommates stories about that time when you were little and got sick from eating paste. They’ll brag about all the wonderful things you’re doing after graduation and tell anyone who will listen that you’re going to save the world someday...
...Hours: Alcohol in a Woman's Life. "They associate drinking with power, and they think that if they drink like a guy, they will be like a guy." At the University of Colorado at Boulder, where frequent binge drinking among women rose 67% between 1993 and 2000, women routinely brag of matching men in alcohol consumption. Sarah, 21, describes a "keg stand"--two friends suspend you by your ankles over a keg, and you guzzle as much cheap beer as quickly as you can--and beams: "There are girls who can go longer than guys!" It's not just other...