egoboost

noun

Etymology

From ego / ego- + boost.

Definitions

  1. Something that makes one feel better about oneself.

    • “Tuckerizing” is a private, ‘inside’ thing, a way of expressing friendship and giving an egoboost to admired and respected people.
    • Raju gets a niche in her heart precisely because of his appreciation of her art, an appreciation that she sorely needs as an egoboost.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for egoboost. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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