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ego trip

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables
ego trip
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of self-aggrandizement, undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance.

Etymology

Originally US drug subcultures, late 1960s.

Inflected Forms

ego trips (plural)

Derived Forms

egotripping

Phrases

ego-trip ego-tripper guilt trip

Frequently Paired Words

guilt trip

Synonyms

self-aggrandizement self-aggrandisement

Questions

What does ego trip mean?
An act of self-aggrandizement, undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance.
Where does ego trip come from?
Originally US drug subcultures, late 1960s.

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