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July 10, 2006

Google (Verb)

The verb google means "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet." or example, "Mary googled for Wikipedia references." Compare with grep.This new word arose from the tremendous popularity of the Google search engine. The American Dialect Society chose the verb google as the "most useful word of 2002."[citation needed] In July, 2006, the verb 'google' was officially added to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary,[1] as well as to the Oxford English Dictionary.[2]

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