egoscan

English

Etymology

ego +‎ scan

Noun

egoscan (plural egoscans)

(dated, fandom slang) A brief search of a publication for one's name.
- 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>:
  *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!
- 2005 December 10, Garcia, Chris, “ChatBack”, in Vegas Fandom Weekly‎, volume 2, number 2 (whole number 56), page 11:
  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.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:egoscan.

Verb

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

(dated, fandom slang) To quickly search a publication for one's name.
- 1975, Weinstein, Elliot, The Fillostrated Fan Dictionary, page 43:
  Egoscan: To check through a fanzine for references [...] concerning oneself.
- 1996 April 18, Elayne Wechsler-Chaput, “Re: Who Reads Letters Columns?”, in rec.arts.comics.misc, Usenet‎, message-ID <4l5sok$50c@panix.com>:
  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.
- 2013 March, Runte, Robert, “Left-Over Pieces”, in Broken Toys‎, number 14, page 10:
  Bit disappointed by the lack of mention in this issue. I haven't actually read any issue of Broken Toys since my own letter in #2 (the rest remains on my 'to be read' shelf, which I have only recently realized is short for "to be read when I retire") but thanks to the wonders of the "find" command, took the liberty of egoscanning the last ten issues and did not find myself mentioned once.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:egoscan.

Usage notes

This term originally referred to reading a fanzine but has since come to refer to using search engines too.

Related terms

egoboo

References

“egoscan” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN, page 49.

单词	egoscan
释义	egoscan English Etymology ego +‎ scan Noun egoscan (plural egoscans) (dated, fandom slang) A brief search of a publication for one's name. 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>: 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! 2005 December 10, Garcia, Chris, “ChatBack”, in Vegas Fandom Weekly‎, volume 2, number 2 (whole number 56), page 11: 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. For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:egoscan. Verb egoscan (third-person singular simple present egoscans, present participle egoscanning, simple past and past participle egoscanned) (dated, fandom slang) To quickly search a publication for one's name. 1975, Weinstein, Elliot, The Fillostrated Fan Dictionary, page 43: Egoscan: To check through a fanzine for references [...] concerning oneself. 1996 April 18, Elayne Wechsler-Chaput, “Re: Who Reads Letters Columns?”, in `rec.arts.comics.misc`, Usenet‎, message-ID <4l5sok$50c@panix.com>: 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. 2013 March, Runte, Robert, “Left-Over Pieces”, in Broken Toys‎, number 14, page 10: Bit disappointed by the lack of mention in this issue. I haven't actually read any issue of Broken Toys since my own letter in #2 (the rest remains on my 'to be read' shelf, which I have only recently realized is short for "to be read when I retire") but thanks to the wonders of the "find" command, took the liberty of egoscanning the last ten issues and did not find myself mentioned once. For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:egoscan. Usage notes This term originally referred to reading a fanzine but has since come to refer to using search engines too. Related terms egoboo References “egoscan” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN, page 49.
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