ego surfingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

egosurfing (uncountable)

1. (Internet) The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet.

語源

ego +‎ surfing, coined by Sean Carton in 1995.

名詞

egosurfing (uncountable)

1. (Internet) The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet.
   • 2007 March 30, Peaches Geldof, “It may start as innocent flirtation, but be warned, you too could become a lonely MySpace addict”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     My little sister Pixie was on the computer. As is the custom, I moaned at her to get off (feigning non-existent A-level work I had to do "before it's too late"), then noticed a page full of pictures of her. "Hah! Ego-surfing again, are we?" I cried jubilantly.

Further reading

• egosurfing on Wikipedia.