egosurf
verbEtymology From ego- + surf.
1
To search the Internet for references to one's name or works in order to gratify one's ego.
- 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.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:
- Derived terms
- egosurfer, egosurfing