Google is now an official English Word

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The name of the site Google is now an official English word. The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary has officially placed "google" (small g) in their newest edtion. For example: "I've got to google that" is a correct sentence.

Posted by Opacus at 7/10/2006 3:45:11 AM | 23 comments | Share

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Monkey 'o Doom (Level 11 Psychopath) at 7/12/2006 9:51:53 AM

Yes, then quintillion(18), sextillion(21), heptillion(24), octillion(27), nonillion(30), and decillion(33).

G.I. George (Level 1 Hired Gun) at 7/12/2006 8:52:23 AM

15 zero's is a quadrillion and believe me its a real word infact i checked it in word

Monkey 'o Doom (Level 11 Psychopath) at 7/12/2006 7:40:31 AM

Correct you are. You want 666 zeroes named after you?

Lawrence (Level 10 Operative) at 7/12/2006 1:11:59 AM

If you use that logic, there 'should' be a nickname for ever set of numbers between 0 and infinity, since infinity is a number too.

Monkey 'o Doom (Level 11 Psychopath) at 7/11/2006 2:50:26 PM

But having a number with 100 means we need something between 96 zeroes and that, creating another off number, or an oddity of another sort.

Anyways, /me shuts up for fear of seeming the obsessive freak he really is.

Badassbill (Level 10 Maniac) at 7/11/2006 2:44:43 PM

Not realy. We don't use numbers past 1 trillion as there's hardly ever a need for it and as a novelty it could exist, as it alighns with the metric system in a sense, having 100 zero's.

Monkey 'o Doom (Level 11 Psychopath) at 7/11/2006 2:13:23 PM

The mere concept of a googol is ridiculous. All place-value names past the hundreds have a number that is divisible by 3 as their 0 count.

EX: a million: 6
a billion: 9
a trillion: 12

and so on.

The Pixellator (Level 1 Rookie) at 7/11/2006 12:02:56 PM

I think that one is googol

Badassbill (Level 10 Maniac) at 7/11/2006 12:00:25 PM

Isn't google already in their? To signify 1 followed by 100 zeros as a number.

Skull (Level 11 CEO) at 7/11/2006 2:25:55 AM

Google already was an official word.. wasn't it? The loads of zeros?

mccow28 (Level 1 Gangster) at 7/10/2006 9:10:22 PM

"dude all u get is porn with that."

...and?

Shark (Level 1 Jukyu) at 7/10/2006 5:25:44 PM

dude all u get is porn with that. >.> *goes to dogpile*

Monkey 'o Doom (Level 11 Psychopath) at 7/10/2006 1:50:15 PM

http://www.dogpile.com

That one.

DeathByChris (Level 4 Mercenary) at 7/10/2006 12:19:34 PM

what pile???

Monkey 'o Doom (Level 11 Psychopath) at 7/10/2006 12:02:06 PM

Heck, no! Dogpile OWNS google.

Shark (Level 1 Jukyu) at 7/10/2006 10:00:14 AM

lol. I have actually said "I'll google it... " or "Im Googling". It is the best search engine though.

Lawrence (Level 10 Operative) at 7/10/2006 9:05:10 AM

Yeah me too. Besides, I still think a better use for the verb would be:

v. Google: To hire Stephen Merchant to glare at someone you dislike, giving them nightmares for the rest of their life.

sedgemonkey (Level 11 Master Assassin) at 7/10/2006 8:57:01 AM

I did indeed "google" to find a link for the article. I guess I'm just a stubborn old bastard... "search" still works for me.

Lawrence (Level 10 Operative) at 7/10/2006 7:47:34 AM

Oh well, apparently Oxford has it in their dictionary too. Anyway I guess you had to... google that article, eh sedge?

sedgemonkey (Level 11 Master Assassin) at 7/10/2006 7:45:10 AM

I didn't realize Merriam-Webster was an American English dictionary.

Lawrence (Level 10 Operative) at 7/10/2006 7:43:15 AM

Merriam-Webster? So it's only for American English, not normal English. Heheh

sedgemonkey (Level 11 Master Assassin) at 7/10/2006 7:40:21 AM

Oh yeah, where's the link? *grumbles* I'll find one.

DeathByChris (Level 4 Mercenary) at 7/10/2006 7:25:29 AM

(15 link?

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