egoscan

== English == === Etymology === From ego +‎ scan. === Noun === egoscan (plural egoscans) (dated, fandom slang) A brief search of a publication for one's name. For more quotations using 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. For more quotations using 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 egosurf === References === Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “egoscan”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49.