Egosurfing
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet. Internet, uncountable
"One offshoot of this new narcissism is “egosurfing,” in which one searches the Internet for information about oneself. A company—egoSurf—was created especially to do this."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of egosurf form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"One offshoot of this new narcissism is “egosurfing,” in which one searches the Internet for information about oneself. A company—egoSurf—was created especially to do this."
Etymology
From ego + surfing, coined by Sean Carton in 1995.
Related phrases
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