egosurf

See also: ego-surf

English

Alternative forms

• ego-surf

Etymology

ego +‎ surf

Verb

egosurf (third-person singular simple present egosurfs, present participle egosurfing, simple past and past participle egosurfed)

1. To search the Internet for references to one's name or works in order to gratify one's ego.

   Hyponym: namesearch

   • 2007 March 30, Peaches Geldof, “It may start as innocent flirtation, but be warned, you too could become a lonely MySpace addict”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     My little sister Pixie was on the computer. As is the custom, I moaned at her to get off (feigning non-existent A-level work I had to do "before it's too late"), then noticed a page full of pictures of her. "Hah! Ego-surfing again, are we?" I cried jubilantly.

Derived terms

• egosurfer
• egosurfing

Translations

Translations

• Japanese: エゴサーチする (ego sāchi suru), エゴサする (egosa suru)

Anagrams

• Forgues