self-adulation

Isn't is ironic that Beck (and Fox) started this whole mess and didn't even bother to ATTEND the thing; kind of like Palin's self-adulation crew committing her (don't I wish) to an important GOP event and then she suddenly has no knowledge (yeah, we get that) of ever having been invited.

Networks respond to false Fox ad 2009

But we won't get anywhere if the current cultural climate persists, and I appreciate Slosar's efforts to point us toward some sanity in this world gone mad with self-adulation and self-entitlement, and to suggest ways in which this trend may be reversed.

Peter Clothier: The Culture of Excess 2010

One can almost see the drops of self-adulation dripping from the corners of his mouth.

Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

They too use inaction and empty moral posturing, not to affect change but to engage in an orgy of self-adulation and self-pity.

OpEdNews - Diary: A Farewell to Arms: Why I Left "The Left' 2010

Then, first pop, now self-expression and willfully ignorant self-adulation has taken over.

July 2008 2008

Influence is based on trust and targeted connections, not ego and self-adulation.

Courtney Boyd Myers: Fast Company's Influence Project Is About to Burst Every "Social Media Guru's" Bubble 2010

They too use inaction and empty moral posturing, not to affect change but to engage in an orgy of self-adulation and self-pity.

Printing: A Farewell to Arms: Why I Left "The Left' 2010

Many basketball fans began to see James as an egomaniacal narcissist during this year's playoffs, and many more rebelled against his irony-free self-adulation during this summer's free agency tour.

Wizards fans were right about LeBron 2010

And the alter egos that stabilize America's penchant for self-adulation can continue deluding themselves that they possess any positive social purpose.

Matthew Anderson: All Hat, No Cattle 2010

I wasn't a big Hillary fan before the election, but she's been the sole member of the administration who's doing her job and is not focused on self-adulation, ass-covering or outright embezzlement.

Do Us A Favor, Pakistanis! 2009