"namesearch" meaning in All languages combined

See namesearch on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: namesearches [present, singular, third-person], namesearching [participle, present], namesearched [participle, past], namesearched [past]
Etymology: name + search Etymology templates: {{compound|en|name|search}} name + search Head templates: {{en-verb}} namesearch (third-person singular simple present namesearches, present participle namesearching, simple past and past participle namesearched)
  1. (Internet slang) 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. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Social media
    Sense id: en-namesearch-en-verb-dMAAkQ6p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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