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I'm not saying it proves anything, but Kleenex is synonymous with facial tissue and Velcro is synonymous with hook and loop fasteners. I "google" things on Duck
by allknowingfrog 7y ago
I'm not saying it proves anything, but Kleenex is synonymous with facial tissue and Velcro is synonymous with hook and loop fasteners. I "google" things on DuckDuckGo. :)
- rahuldottech 7y agoYeah, I was just pointing out that to most people, ["google" == "web search"]
- r3bl 7y agoYeah, I've been using DDG for years, but I just can't get "Google it" out of my dictionary. I try to replace it with "Duck it", which feels stupid as fuck to say, but "Google it" doesn't feel any better.
- lostmsu 7y agoI don't think it is a problem. Xerox is a thing.
- rahuldottech 7y agoI say "look it up". Took a while, but I managed to do it...
- dhimes 7y agoYeah- I feel that in this case the whimsical name "Duckduckgo" is a liability for them. It's just hard to turn it into a verb in an unambiguous way.
- frenchyatwork 7y agoHow about "search"?
- tkjef 7y agoi use "search for it". i've completely removed said word from my vocabulary. it can be done. break yo' mind free!
- reaperducer 7y agoI'm not saying it proves anything, but Kleenex is synonymous with facial tissue and Velcro is synonymous with hook and loop fasteners. I "google" things on DuckDuckGo. :) The people within one of my company's divisions refer to the internal knowledge base as "the google." IT defaults their browsers to Bing.
- hyperdimension 7y agoJust for your own edification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRi8LptvFZY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRi8LptvFZY