ego tripper

ego-tripper

Someone who is apt to act in a superior and self-centered manner. Don't get coffee for that ego-tripper—you're not one of his lowly interns. The boss must be a real ego tripper—I mean, he named a building after himself!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ego tripper

n. a person who habitually goes on an ego trip. Not another ego tripper running for public office!
See also: ego, tripper
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • ego-tripper
  • ego trip
  • head trip
  • sink to new depths
  • Who do you think you are?
  • Who does (someone) think (they) are?
  • who does somebody think they are?
  • sink to such depths
  • stoop so low
  • sink so low
References in periodicals archive
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