To show off — possessions, skills, achievements, partners, views.
The implementation was done by Kevin Gong and Vern Paxson.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flex_(lexical_analyzer_generator)#cite_note-flexman-11) ## Example lexical analyzer This is an example of a Flex scanner…
McNamara resigned as the company's Chief Executive Officer.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flex_Ltd.#cite_note-17) On 11 February 2019, Flex announced [Revathi Advaithi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revathi_Ad…
To show off — possessions, skills, achievements, partners, views. "Hard flex" = unmissable brag. "Soft flex" = casually dropped reference. "Weird flex but ok" disarms someone bragging about something irrelevant: a one-line roast for oversharers.
flex means To show off — possessions, skills, achievements, partners, views. It's mostly used on TikTok and short-form video. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
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Showing off — wealth, status, accomplishments, or muscles. Usually social-media-coded.
L flexing is the embarrassing act of showing off something that is actually a loss — bragging about a situation or possession that most people would recognize as an L without realizing it. The L flexer lacks the self-awareness to understand that what they're presenting as a win reads as a failure to the audience. This can range from financial misjudgments dressed up as success to relationship overshares that reveal obvious red flags. The observer is caught between secondhand embarrassment and genuine concern for whoever's watching.
A flexer is someone whose primary mode of social interaction is showing off — wealth, style, status, possessions, achievements — whether the audience asked for it or not. The term carries some built-in side-eye: real ones flex without announcing it, so identifying someone as a flexer usually implies they're trying a bit too hard. Still, not all flexers are frauds — some just genuinely have the goods and can't help sharing. In rap culture, the flexer is almost an archetype: the rapper who built from nothing and now needs the world to know exactly how far they've come.
The Flex 3 SDK was released under the [MPL-1.1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License "Mozilla Public License") license in 2008.
"Just stressed about packing for Paris again." — humble flex, detected."
flex means To show off — possessions, skills, achievements, partners, views. It's mostly used on TikTok and short-form video. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
"flex" is slang. It means: To show off — possessions, skills, achievements, partners, views. Register: casual. Use it in: casual conversation and online posts. Avoid in: formal writing and professional emails.
“The implementation was done by Kevin Gong and Vern Paxson.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flex_(lexical_analyzer_generator)#cite_note-flexman-11) ## Example lexical analyzer This is an example of a Flex scanner for the instructional programming language [PL/0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/0 "PL/0").”
“McNamara resigned as the company's Chief Executive Officer.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flex_Ltd.#cite_note-17) On 11 February 2019, Flex announced [Revathi Advaithi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revathi_Advaithi "Revathi Advaithi") as CEO.”
“The Flex 3 SDK was released under the [MPL-1.1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License "Mozilla Public License") license in 2008.”
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Flex hierarchy: hard flex (obvious brag), soft flex (casually dropped), humble flex (disguised as complaint), weird flex (irrelevant but volunteered anyway). A humble flex is the preferred modern form — mentioning your vacation, promotion, or new relationship in passing while pretending not to.
"Just stressed about packing for Paris again." — humble flex, detected.
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Verb: to show off, especially on social media. "He's flexing his new car." Cross-pollinated from hip-hop into general slang.
"Stop flexing, we get it."
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