Cloak of ego

When people in administrative, leadership, and coaching roles disguise their incompetence with ego and hubris, often successfully warding off questions or criticism until they have done significant damage to the business.

"Leaders" who use the cloak of ego are often on to their next job before the damage they did at the last one is fully realized.

"Man, the head football coach at my alma mater is just killing the program. He can't win, he can't recruit..."

"Doesn't matter. He has a cloak of ego. Everyone buys into it; the administration, the boosters...you're stuck for five years, easily."

by LickYourLaugh November 26, 2009

ego fest

When multiple people are in the same room and all are competing for the alpha male status. Specifically, they are talking about themselves and their trade.

Those two were having a total ego fest.

by Gina Hutchings April 17, 2007

ego death

The perceived loss of boundaries between self and environment

a possible effect of LSD, special K, shrooms, and mescaline among others

My ego death completely changed my life.

by Sourbs March 21, 2007

Ego-Tourist

Where globetrotters head for increasingly obscure locales, not for the experience but for the bragging rights of having been somewhere exotic and difficult while looking down on any adventures that don't involve an amusing incident with a nasty local disease / local militia / extreme weather event. Ego-tourists have way too much attachment to words like 'authentic' and 'unspoilt'

Bob is boring me stiff with his stories from the Congo. He's such an ego-tourist.

by Gregor Heard December 9, 2008

ego lock

The state of incapacity that you feel while monitoring the flow of likes, comments, replies and applause to your tweets and/or status updates.

No, I didn't do the dishes. I posted about my first nude skydive and got caught in a full ego lock.

by paradium September 11, 2012

ego trip

To get high off of ones ego. When one feels totally supreme, confident, and arrogant, to the extent that its euphoric. Mostly obtained by stroking the ego.

Joe asked Gabby to make love to the music he wrote, produced, and played, when they did it was a major ego trip

by Ima Cunt For You August 7, 2011

Inflated ego

Someone who is so full of themselves their ego might metaphorically burst. This includes thinking of their looks, voice and other aspects a tad bit too fondly.

Jesus Ash, stop having such an inflated ego!

by A boring person -~- September 5, 2021