Parents Using College Acceptances to Compete

TheGFG
Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:54:14 +0000

Re: bragging vs. boasting–I may be wrong, but I thought the distinction was that bragging entails some suspected exaggeration of the facts, whereas boasting does not. However boasting still implies a miscue with regard to what is appropriate in the specific social context (eg. choosing the wrong audience, providing too many details beyond audience’s interest level, taking more than your fair share of conversational time, etc.)