Self-insert
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A character in a story who represents the author's own person. slang
"[Joss Whedon] loves sexualizing her, like […] making her fall for his self-insert Bruce Banner."
- 2 A character in a story who the reader/viewer is meant to identify with. slang
"The female character has to be likable. She's a self-insert for the female viewers so she probably won't be unique, but watching her interact with other characters can't be frustrating."
- 1 To insert oneself.
"For centuries, the commonest forms of implant had either been grown in situ or were designed to self-insert painlessly via existing orifices […]"
- 2 To insert something into one's own body.
"In Oregon, a group called Ceek Women's Health has begun clinical trials for a series of new devices—including […] a speculum that patients can self-insert."
- 3 To insert one's own person into a story as a character. slang
"The character looks like Goldman and is voiced by him, so critics said he was self-inserting himself into a romantic situation with an underage character."
Example
More examples"[Joss Whedon] loves sexualizing her, like […] making her fall for his self-insert Bruce Banner."
Etymology
From self- + insert.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.