google verb

[Paul McFedries]

That's fascinating, Ben. Many of the Slashdotters were taking me to task
because they thought "google" as a verb should only mean using Google to
search, rather than my more general definition of "to search for information
on the Web, particularly by using the Google search engine." I have a cite
that illustrates this more general sense, but your anecdote shows that as
"google" becomes more widely used as a verb, its meaning seems to broaden.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Ostrowsky" <sylvar at VAXER.NET>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: google verb


> > This created a small furor as the always-passionate Slashdot crowd got
> > it into their heads that I was being persecuted by Google.
>
> And with interesting results: "My daughter said she was googling for her
> other sock, yesterday. I think it's coming to mean much more than just
> searching online. More like, searching every possible location. A
> comprehensive search."  Hmm.
>
> Ben
>
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