"namesearch" meaning in English

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "name",
        "3": "search"
      },
      "expansion": "name + search",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From name + search.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "namesearches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "namesearching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "namesearched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "namesearched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Social media",
          "orig": "en:Social media",
          "parents": [
            "Internet",
            "Mass media",
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Technology",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2018 March 17, Ratio Hornblower (@OneStrawShort), Twitter:",
          "text": "Ricky Gervais namesearches himself and that's the funniest thing he does",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 15, Adam Ellis (@adamtotscomix), Twitter:",
          "text": "You know Elon is namesearching himself in Slack and writing down names of people who make fun of him.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 29, Chaotina (@dankestofbread), Twitter:",
          "text": "Imagine being a gazillionaire and namesearching yourself on Twitter, how sad is that",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "social media",
          "social media"
        ],
        [
          "platform",
          "platform"
        ],
        [
          "obsessively",
          "obsessively"
        ],
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kiboze"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "namesearch"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "name",
        "3": "search"
      },
      "expansion": "name + search",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From name + search.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "namesearches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "namesearching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "namesearched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "namesearched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English internet slang",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Social media"
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 15, Adam Ellis (@adamtotscomix), Twitter:",
          "text": "You know Elon is namesearching himself in Slack and writing down names of people who make fun of him.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 29, Chaotina (@dankestofbread), Twitter:",
          "text": "Imagine being a gazillionaire and namesearching yourself on Twitter, how sad is that",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
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        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "social media",
          "social media"
        ],
        [
          "platform",
          "platform"
        ],
        [
          "obsessively",
          "obsessively"
        ],
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ]
      ],
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        "(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"
      ]
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "kiboze"
    }
  ],
  "word": "namesearch"
}