egoboo

English

Etymology

Blend of ego +‎ boost

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːɡəʊˌbuː/

Noun

egoboo (uncountable)

1. (dated, fandom slang) The pleasant feeling derived from seeing one's name in print.
   • 1948 February, Rick Sneary, “[letter column]”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 31, number 3, page 98:

     Well after the pile of ego-boo I got in the Oct. issue I just couldn't let it slip by without telling you what I think of this much heralded issue.

   • 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II‎^[1], Egoboo:

     Fandom may be defined as an infinitely complex system for the production of pure egoboo. Indeed, the universe itself was created for egoboo (Psalms 145:10) if we are to believe the stories.

   • 1976 November, Lee Hoffman, “Editorial”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly‎^[2], number 6, page 4:

     So this lustrum, yhos sits upon a bed of laurels, basking in the glow of past achievement and anticipating fresh shipments of egoboo, while Terry Hughes does the donkey drudgery of producing this issue.

   • 2012 July, David Langford, “Ansible 300”, in Ansible‎^[3], retrieved 2017-07-04:

     Relaxing the stern Ansible rule of omitting mere egoboo, here's a selection from the 'Gosh, isn't 300 a shiny round number' postbag.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:egoboo.

Related terms

• egoscan

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “egoboo”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49.
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “egoboo n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.