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Etymology
From ego + surf.
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egosurf (third-person singular simple present egosurfs, present participle egosurfing, simple past and past participle egosurfed)
- 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: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.
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