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scimonster · 2011-04-13 08:22:22

Google is a verb.
Isn't it kinda crazy that a company/website has become a generic verb; i.e. I googled kids' programming languages. (Yeah, I had to do that.)
Also nouns, like Xerox and Kleenex.

Do you know of others?

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cuddlycub · 2011-04-13 10:33:11

really
well you know what else is a verb
close this topic
i think i may like that one better

Necromaster · 2011-04-13 10:37:43

cuddlycub wrote:
really
well you know what else is a verb
close this topic
i think i may like that one better

Be quiet. This is interesting, and no, that is not a verb, and yes, that is interesting. What do you think will come next? big_smile

cuddlycub · 2011-04-13 10:39:46

Necromaster wrote:
cuddlycub wrote:
really
well you know what else is a verb
close this topic
i think i may like that one better
Be quiet. This is interesting, and no, that is not a verb, and yes, that is interesting. What do you think will come next?

come next
thats a verb

tumbleupon is a social network and a verb

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Sunrise-Moon · 2011-04-13 10:56:44

cuddlycub wrote:
Necromaster wrote:
cuddlycub wrote:
really
well you know what else is a verb
close this topic
i think i may like that one better
Be quiet. This is interesting, and no, that is not a verb, and yes, that is interesting. What do you think will come next?
come next
thats a verb

tumbleupon is a social network and a verb

Actually, "come", is the verb of that sentence, not next. Next is an adverb.

scimonster · 2011-04-13 11:14:57

Hey, this isn't grammar discussion, at least it wasn't meant to be. This is Google got so famous that it is a generic term. yikes

Alternatives · 2011-04-13 11:53:57

Why should I care if Google is a verb? Scratch is too.

scimonster · 2011-04-13 12:41:28

Alternatives wrote:
Why should I care if Google is a verb? Scratch is too.

Well, scratch was a word before MIT made the programming language. Google wasn't a verb until Google became famous.

Alternatives · 2011-04-13 12:45:04

scimonster wrote:
Alternatives wrote:
Why should I care if Google is a verb? Scratch is too.
Well, scratch was a word before MIT made the programming language. Google wasn't a verb until Google became famous.

Yo, I know what google is, you don't have to link to it

EDIT: Google was always a verb and a word by the way, google means to stare intensely.

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scimonster · 2011-04-13 12:46:39

Alternatives wrote:
scimonster wrote:
Alternatives wrote:
Why should I care if Google is a verb? Scratch is too.
Well, scratch was a word before MIT made the programming language. Google wasn't a verb until Google became famous.
Yo, I know what google is, you don't have to link to it

Yeah, who doesn't? tongue

Necromaster · 2011-04-13 12:51:09

Alternatives wrote:
Why should I care if Google is a verb? Scratch is too.

And so is just about every other programming language. tongue

blazerv82 · 2011-04-13 12:52:15

scimonster wrote:
Alternatives wrote:
scimonster wrote:

Well, scratch was a word before MIT made the programming language. Google wasn't a verb until Google became famous.
Yo, I know what google is, you don't have to link to it
Yeah, who doesn't?

Whoa, that's a pretty neat search engine you found. I may use it in the future

I say that I should tweet this information. (That's another one)

Necromaster · 2011-04-13 12:53:17

blazerv82 wrote:
scimonster wrote:
Alternatives wrote:
Yo, I know what google is, you don't have to link to it
Yeah, who doesn't?
Whoa, that's a pretty neat search engine you found. I may use it in the future

I say that I should tweet this information. (That's another one)

Tweet was a word before... hmm

scimonster · 2011-04-13 12:56:47

Alternatives wrote:
scimonster wrote:
Alternatives wrote:
Why should I care if Google is a verb? Scratch is too.
Well, scratch was a word before MIT made the programming language. Google wasn't a verb until Google became famous.
Yo, I know what google is, you don't have to link to it

EDIT: Google was always a verb and a word by the way, google means to stare intensely.

I thought that's "goggle."

blazerv82 · 2011-04-13 12:57:24

Necromaster wrote:
blazerv82 wrote:
scimonster wrote:

Yeah, who doesn't?
Whoa, that's a pretty neat search engine you found. I may use it in the future

I say that I should tweet this information. (That's another one)
Tweet was a word before...

True.

But did people say that "We'll be tweeting during the show" before Twitter ever got popular? Not anyone I know of did.

I guess I can't explain it very well. Oh well. Figures.

technoguyx · 2011-04-13 21:22:30

blazerv82 wrote:
I guess I can't explain it very well. Oh well. Figures.

What you mean is that "tweet" of course didn't refer to a Twitter-related action before the site existed, but the bird's tweeting itself. tongue

TVflea · 2011-04-13 21:25:32

run is a verb, but it's not a company

soupoftomato · 2011-04-13 21:28:10

maybe he's getting something everytime he links to this bizzare search engine he has stumbleupon. i should tweet this and facebook it.

ihaveamac · 2011-04-13 21:31:24

Ask
Tweet
Blog

scimonster · 2011-04-14 14:23:38

Was blog before the internet?
Ha, now I'm "miscing" this. tongue lol

FlexiStudio · 2011-04-14 14:25:20

I think I heard somewhere that once the majority of the population of the country (England) uses a slang word for 5 years + it becomes a generic word, and is therefore place into the next dictionary (or an upto date one)

ProgrammingFreak · 2011-04-14 14:40:48

FlexiStudio wrote:
I think I heard somewhere that once the majority of the population of the country (England) uses a slang word for 5 years + it becomes a generic word, and is therefore place into the next dictionary (or an upto date one)

like Ginormous. (giant + enormous)

CloneCommando1 · 2011-04-14 16:35:33

No way, its... well... I guess it can be used as a verb AND a noun. You have to change the form of the word though.

scimonster · 2011-04-15 05:52:44

CloneCommando1 wrote:
No way, its... well... I guess it can be used as a verb AND a noun. You have to change the form of the word though.

What do you mean?
What is a good HTML tutorial? IDK, google it.

ssss · 2011-04-15 05:57:12

scimonster wrote:
CloneCommando1 wrote:
No way, its... well... I guess it can be used as a verb AND a noun. You have to change the form of the word though.
What do you mean?
What is a good HTML tutorial? IDK, google it.

He means that it is both a noun & a verb in different contexts:
Example: I am going to the website, Google/b], to [b]Google information on kid's programming websites
In that sentence the fist 'Google' used was a noun, then i used it again as a verb!

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