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.

ego-tripped, ego-tripping 

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 Word Forms

• ego-tripper 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]