eGoogle: orthographic blend

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

i quote a message from a friend, and my reply:

>> You've probably seen this already, but just in case:
>>
>> egoGoogle -> e-Google / ego-ogle
>>
>> As in "I went egoogling the other day and found out there were 18763
>> other mes. Bummer."
>>
>> Though I presume it's pronounced e-Google, rather than the terribly
>> clever ego ogle.
>
> interesting.  i get piles of hits on "e-google" for google's new Gmail
> service, but none in the first hundred for this usage.  cute.

arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)