Meanings
alternative ego surfing · alternative ego-surfing
- InternetuncountableThe act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet.
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.
2009, John Freeman, The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 168Synonyms: vanity surfing
alternative ego surfing · alternative ego-surfing
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of egosurf
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet.
Origin
From ego- + surfing, coined by Sean Carton in 1995.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Irish mise-scimeáil, féinscimeáil
- mise-scimeáilusing a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the web
- féinscimeáilusing a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the web
Japanese エゴサーチ, エゴサ
- エゴサーチ (egosāchi)using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the web
- エゴサ (egosa)using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the web
Cite this entry
egosurfing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egosurfing
“egosurfing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egosurfing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “egosurfing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egosurfing.
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