ego trip

¹

noun

, Informal.

1. 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.

ego-trip

²

[ ee-goh-trip, eg-oh- ]

verb (used without object)

, Informal.

, e·go-tripped, e·go-trip·ping.

1. to behave in a self-serving manner.

ego trip

noun

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

verb

1. to act in this way

Other Words From

• ego-tripper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ego trip¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Origin of ego trip²

First recorded in 1965–70

Idioms and Phrases

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

But Trump didn’t just trash California on his ego trip last weekend to Coachella.

From Los Angeles Times

This is not an ego trip by the judge.

From Salon

“American gun culture needs to be rehabilitated from an egotistical and vanity-based, hyper-individualist ego trip culture to civil service and solemn responsibility to the community,” he said.

From Seattle Times

"And that is left-wing opposition and not the ego trip of founding a new party."

From Reuters

A conservative caucus also repeatedly and deliberately referred to Zephyr with masculine pronouns while also suggesting her actions were “nothing more than an ego trip.”

From Washington Times