namesearch
To search for a person's name (particularly one's own) on a social media platform for the purpose of obsessively reading and engaging with posts containing it.
Verb
- To search for a person's name (particularly one's own) on a social media platform for the purpose of obsessively reading and engaging with posts containing it.
- Ricky Gervais namesearches himself and that's the funniest thing he does - 2018 March 17, Ratio Hornblower (@OneStrawShort), Twitter:
- You know Elon is namesearching himself in Slack and writing down names of people who make fun of him. - 2022 November 15, Adam Ellis (@adamtotscomix), Twitter:
- Imagine being a gazillionaire and namesearching yourself on Twitter, how sad is that - 2022 November 29, Chaotina (@dankestofbread), Twitter:
Hypernyms: egosurf
Origin
From name + search.