self-serving 

Working to benefit one's self at a time when one should be working to benefit others.

See job security, legislator, lawyer, and conflict of interest.

self-serving by Downstrike May 21, 2004

self-serving 

to accommodate oneself to point where they're violating another's space & things

Somebody who is self-serving has no regard for other people.

self-serving by Gerard Irick September 20, 2011

self-serving 

n. The act of masturbation.

Tom: So what happened to you last night?

Bill: Well, I couldn't get any action last night so i had to end up self-serving myself.

self-serving by CerberusC24 August 27, 2007

self-serving friend

An individual who is only your friend to use you for their own personal gain and is magically not around when you actually need a friend. Also known as selfish and a bitch.

Wow, you know Jessica, we should have seen right through Rebecca, she is such a self-serving friend; she only wanted to be friends with us so she could pass bio lab.

self-serving friend by Good Friends United January 15, 2009

Self serving egotistical fuckward 

Human who is really really selfish

-So Garbencius prase siust darbus?
-Ne bet as nusiunciau nes kzn vistiek neturim gi pazymiu ir cia tik 6sav liko mokytis
-oho Zilvi you are self serving egotistical fuckward

Self serving egotistical fuckward by Gabrys May 13, 2020

Self-Serving Fallacy

A logical fallacy that you don't just accidentally commit, but actively cultivate and deploy because its flawed conclusion directly benefits you, validates your identity, or protects your ego. It's reasoning as a personal bodyguard, hired to defend your pre-existing beliefs or interests, no matter how intellectually dishonest its methods. You'll cling to a post hoc ergo propter hoc if it makes your lucky socks seem genius, or embrace a no true Scotsman to dismiss critics of your in-group.

Example: "His go-to self-serving fallacy was false equivalence. 'Sure, I exaggerated my resume, but everyone massages the truth! It's just like a politician using spin!' He'd built a flawed moral equation where his deception was just a harmless industry standard, neatly letting himself off the hook."

Self-Serving Fallacy by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Self-Serving Bias

The subconscious psychological engine that drives us to interpret information, attribute causes, and remember events in ways that flatter our self-image and protect our self-esteem. We attribute our successes to skill and effort (internal factors) and our failures to bad luck or external circumstances. It's the brain's auto-tune for life's recording, making you always sound just a little bit more in tune and talented than you actually were.

Example: "When he aced the project, it was due to his brilliant strategic mind. When he botched the presentation, it was because the projector was faulty, the audience was tired, and he had a mild headache. That's self-serving bias: the internal narrator of his life story is a shameless, flattering publicist hired by his own ego."

Self-Serving Bias by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026