Definition of egosurf

egosurf

verb - intransitive

• to search the world wide web for references that would enlarge a person's ego. These include mentions of one's name, links to one's web page(s), etc.

  I've been egosurfing rather than work on my final project.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 08 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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