ego-booster

"I think it's an ego-booster for a man to have his wife take her husband's name, especially for a professional black woman.

What's more, in Florida 50-year-olds are sometimes the youngest ones in the clubs, which is an ego-booster.

This floating ego-booster is so big, in fact, that finding a dock is occasionally challenging.

A real old ego-booster Uncle Henry was, I assure you.

To test the truth of this, Li Huang and Adam Galinsky, at Northwestern University in Illinois, have compared posture’s effects on self-esteem with those of a more conventional ego-booster, management responsibility.

A pastor who regaled family and parishioners with tales from his time in the Navy SEALs is backtracking after his story turned out to be nothing more than a self-described "ego-booster," according to reports.