bragging rights

bragging rights

The authority and freedom to boast or brag of one's achievements that comes from having won a contest or succeeded in some way, especially against a close rival. The game matters little to either team's statistics, but it will ensure bragging rights for the rest of the year.
See also: brag, right
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bragging rights

INFORMAL
If a person or an organization has bragging rights, they have a reason to be proud. Colleges want to compete for the most talented kids if only for bragging rights. Being acknowledged by a rock band carries certain bragging rights.
See also: brag, right
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • talk big
  • blow (one's) own horn
  • blow one’s own horn
  • blow one's own horn
  • blow own horn
  • blow your own horn
  • toot (one's) own horn
  • toot one’s own horn
  • toot (one's) own trumpet
  • blow your own trumpet
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It's not just the status of 'bragging rights' which is likely to confuse cliche merchants.
Totally Bragging Productions produces “Total Bragging Rights,” a new web series featuring two best friends competing at a number of fun, contestant-generated challenges.
In a study seeking to understand destination choice, focus group participants consisting of travellers, mentioned the importance of "bragging rights'.
LOCAL bragging rights have been settled between neighbouring beekeepers after one produced the "perfect" honey at Anglesey Show.
BILLINGHAM Town take on neighbours Synthonia at Bedford Terrace tonight in a battle for local bragging rights and looking for at least a point to guarantee their top flight safety (KO 7.30pm).
Cardiff (Wales), June 25(ANI): England are on the verge of claiming "bragging rights" over Australia in all three forms of the game following their second straight four-wicket win in the five match ODI series.
Summary: Arsenal forward Robin van Persie struck twice in a 3-0 win to earn his side bragging rights in north London.
Bragging Rights: Whistler and Blackcomb mountains offer the most skiable terrain (nearly 8,200 acres) of our list, along with a chance to test one of the 2010 Winter Olympics sites.
Accountants, bankers, chefs and city professionals will be chasing the bragging rights at the University of Birmingham's inaugural challenge.
Black-and-white photographs illustrate true tales of success and "bragging rights" lists filled with points such as how Albuquerque Metro ranks #1 in manufacturing productivity (as cited by Area Development Magazine, February 2004).
exchanges may have lost some bragging rights, they have continued to maintain their standards.
Harold Dodge has bragging rights when it comes to his Mobile County (Ala.) Public School System students' achievements.
Not long ago New York, apart from dance, also had bragging rights in the visual arts.
Washington State University and University of Washington--whose fans fight for bragging rights after their annual Apple Cup football game--partnered with the Space Needle for a higher cause.
"Let's face it," says Siemons, "no one needs these cars--they want these cars." But if you make sure to assiduously study the market, you get the best of both worlds: the pleasure of driving a world-class automobile, and the bragging rights that you got it at a smart price.