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Definition of ego surf
ego surf
verb
- to surf the World Wide Web looking for references to one's name, via search engines.
I spend way too much time at work ego surfing.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Jun 17 2007. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 17 2007.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: "hacker". | |
| Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. | |
| Definitions include: aggravation. | |
| Definitions include: "non-nude". | |
| Definitions include: "password." | |
| Definitions include: product(s) announced far before any release (even beta) has been made. | |
| Definitions include: pejorative name for Microsoft Windows. | |
| Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented. | |
| Definitions include: a comment that usually serves no other purpose above telling listeners (or more often: readers) that the speaker (writer) is in the technological "in group". | |
| Definitions include: software that was purchased or written, but never used. | |
| Definitions include: one-off solutions that deal with some special case, rather than a more all-encompassing solution. | |
| Definitions include: in the user interface of a software product (including websites,) something that displays the locations that the user has recently viewed or visited. | |
| Definitions include: a project that is capable of consuming a practically unlimited amount of time. | |
| Definitions include: to kill or seriously damage. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "laughing my ass off." | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'ego': | |
| Definitions include: a display of one's superiority solely to feed one's ego. | |
Other terms relating to 'surf': | |
| Definitions include: to ride on the top of a moving car. | |
| Definitions include: to continuously change the TV channel, looking for a program one wants to watch. | |
| Definitions include: to spend a period of time sleeping at other people's homes, often on their couches. | |
| Definitions include: A Normal Surf and and turf is steak and lobster. | |
| Definitions include: to look over a person's shoulder to steal their password or ATM PIN. | |
| Definitions include: one who surfs the internet while looking over your shoulder. | |
| Definitions include: menstruating. | |
| Definitions include: to menstruate. | |
| Definitions include: going on the net to browse. | |
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