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Just this weekend I heard a friend say they "googled somebody on Facebook", meaning they searched for them in the Facebook search form. So it may have become a
by badestrand 9y ago
Just this weekend I heard a friend say they "googled somebody on Facebook", meaning they searched for them in the Facebook search form. So it may have become a synonym for "online search" for some.
Also, I have used Post-Its all my life but did not even know until now that this was a company or product name.
- delecti 9y agoWhile I think Post-Its are a potential candidate, I think your friend is just weird. I've only ever heard or used "google" as a verb to mean "performing a search via a web search engine to search the entirety of the internet", and even then it almost always includes the unspoken assumption that it will be done using Google.
- ams6110 9y agoI am not surprised by that usage. The are a lot of people for whom the difference between Google, Facebook, and Internet are not well understood.