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> like Google -> to google Hang on! Surely, "to google" refers to performing a search specifically with Google, right?
by Bromskloss 9y ago
> like Google -> to google
Hang on! Surely, "to google" refers to performing a search specifically with Google, right?
- grzm 9y agoJust like a kleenex must be a tissue produced by Kimberly-Clark or one can only xerox on equipment manufactured by a particular company? That ship is in the process of leaving the port :)
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoNot a chance. To google means "to search online [using a search engine]". Have you never witnessed someone googling something using Bing?
- Bromskloss 9y agoI have never witnessed anyone using Bing at all! My father used DuckDuckGo once, although he wasn't aware of it. In any case, if I say "to google", I mean "search using Google". I try not to say it, though, because I think it sounds silly to use product names like that.