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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by ocdtrekkie on Monday August 21, 2017 @05:35PM (#15068046)
I still instinctively tell people to "google it" even though I exclusively use Bing or DuckDuckGo. I usually catch myself after.
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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u on Monday August 21, 2017 @06:46PM (#15068411)
And in an alternate universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHuZ5qrYX4
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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by chops on Monday August 21, 2017 @07:40PM (#15068680)
Holy moly!

So cringeworthy!

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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by voidz on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @08:00AM (#15071507)
For laughs I sometimes say I'm AltaVista'ing something. Or "Veronica'ing" if I suspect they'd might get the reference.
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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by lesserknowndan on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:36AM (#15079934)
Yes, but what search engine to you think they will use? I would expect Google.
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Re:Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark by nol13 on Monday August 21, 2017 @09:43PM (#15069133)
i find odd pleasure in using alternative search engines as a verb in casual conversation
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