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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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