QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agosame question sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down15
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minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·23 hours agoSo what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·16 hours agoGoogling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·18 hours agoJust use “search”; we don’t want to make a company name the new synonym for search otherwise we are stuck with that company when it gets evil
minus-squareMakeshift@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·23 hours agoHonestly just “searched” is probably fine.
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·18 hours agoYeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
minus-squareMooserider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·19 hours agoI’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
So what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
Googling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
Just use “search”; we don’t want to make a company name the new synonym for search otherwise we are stuck with that company when it gets evil
Honestly just “searched” is probably fine.
Yeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
I’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
Search
Quaking ?