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Meaning of "egosurf" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EGOSURF

egosurf  [ˌiːɡəʊsɜːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EGOSURF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Egosurf is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb egosurf in English.

WHAT DOES EGOSURF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Egosurfing

Egosurfing is the practice of searching for one's own name, pseudonym, or screen name on a popular search engine in order to review the results. Similarly, an egosurfer is one who surfs the Internet for his or her own name to see what information appears. It has become increasingly popular with the rise of internet search engines, as well as free blogging and web-hosting services. Though Google is the search engine most commonly mentioned when referring to egosurfing, other widely known search engines include Yahoo and Bing. The term was coined by Sean Carton in 1995 and first appeared in print as an entry in Gareth Branwyn's March 1995 Jargon Watch column in Wired. Egosurfing is employed by many people for a variety of reasons. According to a study by the Pew Internet & American life project, 47% of American adult internet users have undertaken a vanity search in Google or another search engine. Some egosurf purely for entertainment, such as finding celebrities with the same name. However, many people egosurf as a means of online reputation management.

Definition of egosurf in the English dictionary

The definition of egosurf in the dictionary is to search for your own name on the Internet.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EGOSURF

PRESENT

Present
I egosurf
you egosurf
he/she/it egosurfs
we egosurf
you egosurf
they egosurf
Present continuous
I am egosurfing
you are egosurfing
he/she/it is egosurfing
we are egosurfing
you are egosurfing
they are egosurfing
Present perfect
I have egosurfed
you have egosurfed
he/she/it has egosurfed
we have egosurfed
you have egosurfed
they have egosurfed
Present perfect continuous
I have been egosurfing
you have been egosurfing
he/she/it has been egosurfing
we have been egosurfing
you have been egosurfing
they have been egosurfing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I egosurfed
you egosurfed
he/she/it egosurfed
we egosurfed
you egosurfed
they egosurfed
Past continuous
I was egosurfing
you were egosurfing
he/she/it was egosurfing
we were egosurfing
you were egosurfing
they were egosurfing
Past perfect
I had egosurfed
you had egosurfed
he/she/it had egosurfed
we had egosurfed
you had egosurfed
they had egosurfed
Past perfect continuous
I had been egosurfing
you had been egosurfing
he/she/it had been egosurfing
we had been egosurfing
you had been egosurfing
they had been egosurfing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will egosurf
you will egosurf
he/she/it will egosurf
we will egosurf
you will egosurf
they will egosurf
Future continuous
I will be egosurfing
you will be egosurfing
he/she/it will be egosurfing
we will be egosurfing
you will be egosurfing
they will be egosurfing
Future perfect
I will have egosurfed
you will have egosurfed
he/she/it will have egosurfed
we will have egosurfed
you will have egosurfed
they will have egosurfed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been egosurfing
you will have been egosurfing
he/she/it will have been egosurfing
we will have been egosurfing
you will have been egosurfing
they will have been egosurfing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would egosurf
you would egosurf
he/she/it would egosurf
we would egosurf
you would egosurf
they would egosurf
Conditional continuous
I would be egosurfing
you would be egosurfing
he/she/it would be egosurfing
we would be egosurfing
you would be egosurfing
they would be egosurfing
Conditional perfect
I would have egosurf
you would have egosurf
he/she/it would have egosurf
we would have egosurf
you would have egosurf
they would have egosurf
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been egosurfing
you would have been egosurfing
he/she/it would have been egosurfing
we would have been egosurfing
you would have been egosurfing
they would have been egosurfing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you egosurf
we let´s egosurf
you egosurf
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to egosurf
Past participle
egosurfed
Present Participle
egosurfing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EGOSURF


Astroturf
ˈæstrəʊˌtɜːf
channel-surf
ˈtʃæn əlsɜːf
curf
kɜːf
enserf
ɪnˈsɜːf
erf
ɜːf
kerf
kɜːf
returf
riːˈtɜːf
scurf
skɜːf
serf
sɜːf
skysurf
ˈskaɪˌsɜːf
surf
sɜːf
turf
tɜːf
unturf
ʌnˈtɜːf
windsurf
ˈwɪndˌsɜːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EGOSURF

egocentrism
egoism
egoist
egoistic
egoistical
egoistically
egoity
egoless
Egoli
egomania
egomaniac
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotheism
egotism
egotist
egotistic
egotistical
egotistically
egotize

WORDS THAT END LIKE EGOSURF

Altdorf
arf
barf
Battle of Clontarf
body-surf
brown dwarf
Clontarf
dwarf
go with the turf
headscarf
orf
rf
scarf
snarf
surf ´n´ turf
swarf
the turf
wharf
Whorf
zarf

Synonyms and antonyms of egosurf in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «egosurf» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EGOSURF

Find out the translation of egosurf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of egosurf from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «egosurf» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

egosurf
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

egosurf
570 millions of speakers

English

egosurf
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

egosurf
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

egosurf
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

egosurf
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

egosurf
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

egosurf
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

egosurf
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Egosurf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

egosurf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

egosurf
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

egosurf
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Egosurf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

egosurf
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

egosurf
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अहंकार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

egosurf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

EgoSurf
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

egosurf
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

egosurf
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

egosurf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

egosurf
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

egosurf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

egosurf
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

egosurf
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of egosurf

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EGOSURF»

The term «egosurf» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.635 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about egosurf

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EGOSURF»

Discover the use of egosurf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to egosurf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Being Virtual: Who You Really Are Online
Ego surfing is a fun way to discover just what information about you is out there in the blogosphere, and there is even a dedicated tool to let you measure your online ego in the egoSurf search engine (www.egosurf.org) which hunts down the ...
Davey Winder, 2008
2
Market Intelligence Resources 2008
... Search http://www.eevlxtra.ac.uk/ EgoSurf - Know Your Place in the Blogosphere http://www.egosurf.org/ eGroupWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/ egroupware/ eGroupWare - Free Enterprise Ready Groupware http://www. egroupware.org/ ...
3
Current Awareness Monitors, Alerts and Information Traps for ...
... http://www.uwe.ac.uk/library/resources/educ/current.htm EDUCAUSE – Transforming Education Through Information Technologies http://www.educause. edu/ EgoSurf - Know Your Place in the Blogosphere http://www.egosurf.org/ EIN News ...
4
1001 Computer Words You Need to Know
62 | EDI / EGOSURF our eContent call pages for more details of the multilingual and multicultural content action line. EDI abbr. electronic data interchange (a standard for exchanging information between computer systems). ed•it /eedit/ v.
Jerry Pournelle, 2004
5
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles
Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer Basye Sander, Lynne Rominger. The Straight Scoop Lynn Pribus, a freelance writer, offers this tidbit regarding rights: "I like to type my own name into search engines like mamma.com, dogpile, or egosurf, to see what  ...
Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer Basye Sander, Lynne Rominger, 2000
6
Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
<grin> However,they come in handy when you want to explain the difference between two things,which would be hard if they had the same name. <big grin> See also emotag. egosurf To surf the Internet for one's own name, or for links to one's ...
Ray Horak, 2008
7
Modern British Playwriting: 2000-2009: Voices, Documents, ...
... internet use creates acres of new vocabulary; a new generationofdigital natives would egosurf, google, blog and podcast. The bestmight be citizenjournalists andnetizens, butthey mightalso be lurkers, trolls, cybersquatters or cyberbullies, ...
‎2013
8
Teaching Academic and Professional English Online
Typical examples of suffixes which have been found in Weblish are: -ware ( software, hardware, shareware, freeware), and -ize (computerize). Another popular Weblish formation process is compounding, e.g. egosurf(ego + surf), hotlink (hot + ...
Isabel González-Pueyo, 2009
9
The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to ...
One offshoot of this new narcissism is “egosurfing,” in which one searches the Internet for information about oneself. A company—egoSurf—was created especially to do this. Google, however, quickly took over the market; you can now simply ...
John Freeman, 2009
10
New Words
... of West African States. 93 egosurf ed•a•ma•me /fed/emämM/ noun a Japanese dish of salted.
Orin Hargraves, 2004

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EGOSURF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term egosurf is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Increase Your KLOUT Score — Beginners Guide to Social Media …
In a recent study, Pew Research found that 47% of us egosurf, or vanity Google ourselves! Social media domination is our next goal, right? «Pulse, Jun 15»
2
Google's memory hole a bottomless pit: Don Pittis
So of course I did my first ever egosurf. What a disappointment. I recall one Pittis had got himself a baronetcy, but for the most part the family ... «CBC.ca, May 14»
3
Cut the snark and save your job: How not to gripe online
A simple egosurf by your boss may turn up your remarks, and your distinctive writing style may lead right back to you. 5. Don't post anything ... «PCWorld, Oct 13»
4
Dan Nainan punches Josh Rogin at DC Improv
(Does he egosurf the moment he leaves the stage? Does someone do it for him? Did some poor intern let the fact slip with a slight smirk on his ... «YouTube, Sep 13»
5
The Language of Online Life
... the Googleganger, a person who has the same name as you and whose online references are mixed in with yours when you egosurf, that is, ... «IEEE Spectrum, Sep 11»
6
Katy Perry's topless 'Rolling Stone' photo shoot: Yay or yawn?
In her RS interview, she discusses her tendency to egosurf – ”Any artist who says they don't Google their name is a big fat liar,” she tells the ... «Entertainment Weekly, Aug 10»
7
Making yourself a marketable brand
Egosurf. Conduct an online search of your name every Monday morning and ask yourself if the results truly reflect what makes you unique and ... «CNN, Oct 07»

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