What most angered the Australian papers, though, were his comments "accusing Australians of being braggarts". Men become braggarts when they are around women who encourage them to boast. She's currently the host of Dinning with Cooks and Braggarts. I remember there was a great poem about American braggarts. The term "cracker" was in use during Elizabethan times to describe braggarts. The term "cracker" was in use during the Elizabethan era to describe braggarts.