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egoscan
noun 1verb 1
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4VERB + EGOSCAN
doing
EGOSCAN + NOUN
wowie, zowie
PREP.
on, through
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
1
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!
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.
verb
1
To quickly search a publication for one's name.
Egoscan: To check through a fanzine for references [...] concerning oneself.
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.
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*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!
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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.
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Egoscan: To check through a fanzine for references [...] concerning oneself.
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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.
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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
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