egosurf

present singular third person egosurfs · participle present egosurfing · participle past egosurfed · past egosurfed · alternative 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