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“Google” earns official verb status
By Brian | July 6, 2006 | Share on Facebook
The latest edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines the word “google” as a verb. It also contains other words and phrases I figured were already in there, such as “drama queen,” “biodiesel” and “bling.” And then there are those I wouldn’t have guessed, like “mouse potato,” “soul patch” and “himbo.”
I understand the need to keep the language current, so that future generations can look up the words they use regularly. The real question, though, is this: who uses a dictionary anymore? If you need to know how to spell a word these days, you’d just..er…what’s the word? Oh yeah, you’d just google it!
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