stroke someone's ego en · VERB
Meanings
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To baselessly compliment someone in order to undeservedly flatter or indulge them.
You're a horrible host! You don't care about us at all! You care more about stroking your own ego than giving us anything we'd actually enjoy!
2026 March 20, Gooseworx, “hjsakldfhl” (27:25 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 8, spoken by Pomni (Lizzie Freeman):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stroking someone's ego | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stroked someone's ego | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stroked someone's ego | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| strokes someone's ego | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |