ego trip

noun Informal.

an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification: Her charitable activity was one long ego trip.

Origin:
1965–70

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verb (used without object), e·go-tripped, e·go-trip·ping. Informal.

to behave in a self-serving manner.

Origin:
1965–70

Related forms

e·go-trip·per, noun

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World English Dictionary

ego trip

—n
1.	something undertaken to boost or draw attention to a person's own image or appraisal of himself

—vb , -trips, -tripping, -tripped
2.	to act in this way

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ego trip definition

n.
a public expression of one's feelings of importance or superiority. : The guy is on another ego trip. Pay no attention.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

ego trip

Behavior or activities undertaken mainly out of vanity or for self-gratification. For example, She's really on an ego trip, trying out for the lead. [1960s]

Example sentences

Otherwise, civil disobedience was an ego trip, not a moral action.

And staying on for a few weeks or months is an empty ego trip.

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"The way I see it, God gave me the body, so I intend to use it. It's a big ego trip.... You know, you look around a bar, you pick out a guy and you say, that's the one: I'm going to take all of his money tonight."

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