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egoscan

egoscan noun: a brief search of a publication for one's name.

Noun

egoscan (plural egoscans)

  1. (dated, slang) A brief search of a publication for one's name.
    • *blush* I peek my nose in to r.a.sf.f for the first time in ages, and get a BINGO on the egoscan! Wowie zowie!1996 January 19, Fred A. Levy Haskell, “Re: E-mail and Posting”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <falh.822035840@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
    • Nice to see my article on running into all the wonderful Vegans down in LA. I must admit to doing an egoscan to see how it turned out, and of course, it was wonderfully done.2005 December 10, Chris Garcia, “ChatBack”, in Vegas Fandom Weekly, volume 2, number 2 (whole number 56), page 11

Verb

egoscan (third-person singular simple present egoscans, present participle egoscanning, simple past and past participle egoscanned)

  1. (dated, slang) To quickly search a publication for one's name.
    • Egoscan: To check through a fanzine for references [...] concerning oneself.1975, Elliot Weinstein, The Fillostrated Fan Dictionary, page 43
    • Every now and then I egoscan, as more and more people have been asking my permission to use excerpts from my reviews in their letters column.1996 April 18, Elayne Wechsler-Chaput, “Re: Who Reads Letters Columns?”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet), message-ID <4l5sok$50c@panix.com>

Forms of egoscan

Noun
pluralegoscans
Verb
third-person singular presentegoscans
present participleegoscanning
past participleegoscanned
pastegoscanned

Origin of egoscan

From ego + scan.

Questions about egoscan

What does egoscan mean?
Egoscan means a brief search of a publication for one's name.
What part of speech is egoscan?
Egoscan can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of egoscan?
The plural of egoscan is egoscans.

Words near egoscan in the dictionary

  1. egophoricity
  2. egorotation
  3. egorotations
  4. Egorovca
  5. egos
  6. egoscan
  7. egoscanned
  8. egoscanning
  9. egoscans
  10. Egoscue
  11. Egoslav

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