stroke someone's ego

English

Verb

stroke someone's ego (third-person singular simple present strokes someone's ego, present participle stroking someone's ego, simple past and past participle stroked someone's ego)

  1. To baselessly compliment someone in order to undeservedly flatter or indulge them.
    • 2026 March 20, Gooseworx, “hjsakldfhl” (27:25 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus‎[1], episode 8, spoken by Pomni (Lizzie Freeman):
      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!
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