namesearch

present singular third person namesearches · participle present namesearching · participle past namesearched · past namesearched

1. InternetTo search for a person's name (particularly one's own) on a social media platform for the purpose of obsessively reading and engaging with posts containing it.

   Ricky Gervais namesearches himself and that's the funniest thing he does

   2018 March 17, Ratio Hornblower (@OneStrawShort), Twitter

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   You know Elon is namesearching himself in Slack and writing down names of people who make fun of him.

   2022 November 15, Adam Ellis (@adamtotscomix), Twitter

   Imagine being a gazillionaire and namesearching yourself on Twitter, how sad is that

   2022 November 29, Chaotina (@dankestofbread), Twitter

   Synonyms: kiboze