PLAIN ENGLISH
What does Flex mean?
A flex is a display meant to signal status or success. Online it can be sincere, exaggerated, ironic or fully fabricated, which is why flex culture overlaps so naturally with LARP culture.
IN THE WILD
How people use it
Social media, music, lifestyle content and finance culture.
EXAMPLE“The screenshot is doing more flexing than explaining.”
ALSO USED AS
flexing