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Ego-Seismic 

the belief and/or personality that wherever you are or live is immune to earthquakes simply because you are present there
Link has an ego-seismic personality and thinks that the only reason North Carolina never had an earthquake when he was there simply because he was present.
Ego-Seismic by GiantPandaKing December 13, 2012

Ego-seismic 

Thinking about the cause of an earthquake relating to yourself.
Maybe us moving, redirected the epicentre of U.S earthquakes to where we were from. I like to think of it as Ego-Seismic thinking
Ego-seismic by Jane-Anne July 28, 2012

ego-seismic 

the changing of an epicenter due to a person's presence
Well I Would Call It Ego-Seismic Thinking -Link
ego-seismic by Wes Al Banet June 13, 2012

ego-seismic 

The theory that earthquakes follow you, wherever you live.
Steve: "We never get earthquakes here!"
Paul: "We will now, I just moved here."
Steve: "You are so ego-seismic."
ego-seismic by Mariah444 June 12, 2012

Ego Seismic Thinking 

WHEN YOU MOVE SOMEWHERE WHERE EARTHQUAKES ARE FREQUENT AND THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY QUAKES SINCE YOU MOVED AND YOU THINK IT'S BECAUSE YOU MOVED THERE.
Rhett: We haven't been in an earthquake since we moved to California!

Link: Maybe it's because we moved here, the quakes flee from us!!

Rhett: Link, that's Ego Seismic Thinking.

Egoseismic 

Similar to egocentric, or believing that oneself has influenced the course of a storm or waves for example, egoseismic is believing that one has influenced seismic activity.
On the YouTube show Good Mythical Morning hosted by Rhett and Link, Link jokes that their move from North Carolina to California has caused earthquakes to stop occurring in California and start happening in North Carolina. Rhett then tells him that is called being egocentric, at which point Link corrects him saying that it would be called egoseismic.
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