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0 pointsBromskloss8y ago0 comments

> like Google -> to google

Hang on! Surely, "to google" refers to performing a search specifically with Google, right?

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grzm8y ago

Just 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 :)

pbhjpbhj8y ago

Not a chance. To google means "to search online [using a search engine]".

Have you never witnessed someone googling something using Bing?

BromsklossOP8y ago

I 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.

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