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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by codyb on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @09:53AM (#18664370)
I just say "I'm going to search for x" now and avoid the company name entirely.

Although as noted by a person responding here "I'll duck it" wouldn't be bad.

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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by forgot-my-pw on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @12:11PM (#18665637)
"Google it" kinda came out organically. But it was very cringy when Microsoft forced to popularize the term "Bing it" and did product placements in TV shows and movies.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHuZ5qrYX4

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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by richthegeek on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:16AM (#18664563)
I'm not sure how regional this is, but at least around the North of England that'd be interpreted as someone saying they were trying to avoid something.
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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by marcosdumay on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:37AM (#18664758)
English is not my native language, but I think this is universal. I also think that's why the GP likes the phrase.
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