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Let's Ditch Google (Verb)

59 points · 77 comments · speckx

  1. abcthingx · · focus · HN ↗
    Say what you will, but using "google" is just the fastest way to say "search the web." Unless a better, equally convenient phrase comes along, it’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
    1. kazinator · · focus · HN ↗
      To web-search (two syllables)

      To google (two syllables, only slightly glibber, due to no "b-s" plosive-fricative combo).

      Maybe "web search" can be shortened to "bsearch" or "besearch", like "web log" got shortened to "blog".

      "besearch" has grammatical precedence: bestow, bequeath, behead, bewitch, belabor, befriend, ...

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