ego-trip

English

Verb

ego-trip (third-person singular simple present ego-trips, present participle ego-tripping, simple past and past participle ego-tripped)

1. To go on an ego trip; to behave in such a manner.
   • 2012 April 22, Bettina Arndt, “Why women lose the dating game”, in The Sidney Morning Herald‎:

     “Our generation of women is constantly told to have high self-esteem, but it seems that the women themselves are at risk of ego-tripping themselves out of romantic connection,” she writes.