# What's the word/phrase for this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-phrase-for-this/624298>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 6, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-phrase-for-this/624298 "2012-06-06T18:31:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-phrase-for-this/624298/1 "2012-06-06T18:31:53Z")

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“Oh, I have the terrible burden of having to find my husband a tuxedo on short 48 hours notice because we have to attend this function that everyone in town is clamboring over each other for a ticket. Woe is me.”

It’s not a humble brag, exactly, is it? She definitely feels that this is a huge burden placed on her. It’s not “white whine” or “first world problems” to me, because it’s so much more pathetic and show-offy. Any thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-phrase-for-this/624298/2 "2012-06-06T19:25:16Z")

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Douglas Adams would have assigned it a British placename.  
I suggest the following :  
verb : [&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf"]Upsydling]([http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=362664&y=101605&z=120&sv=Up+Sydling&st=3&tl=Map+of+Up+Sydling,+Dorset+](http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=362664&y=101605&z=120&sv=Up+Sydling&st=3&tl=Map+of+Up+Sydling,+Dorset+)[Town)  
noun : [grumbla](http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=140622&y=29761&z=106&sv=140622,29761&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=719&ax=140622&ay=29761&lm=0).

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-phrase-for-this/624298/3 "2012-06-06T19:26:51Z")

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Oblivious?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-phrase-for-this/624298/4 "2012-06-06T19:33:02Z")

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I wouldn’t think past “stealth brag.”

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-phrase-for-this/624298/5 "2012-06-06T19:38:31Z")

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> [@Larry\_Mudd](#):
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> I wouldn’t think past “stealth brag.”

The thing is that she is, like Inner Stickler suggested, completely oblivious. This happens quite a bit with her - you’re often left thinking to yourself “you have \*got \*to be kidding me.”

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-phrase-for-this/624298/6 "2012-06-06T19:45:29Z")

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It goes higher than first world problems. I’d say 1% problems.