Re:Show HN: Focal, a Pomodoro App
by sltkr on Friday June 28, 2024 @08:10PM
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Google isn't a word; it is a misspelling of “googol” [1], itself hardly a common word.
Or more technically correct: google wasn't a word when Google was founded, but today google is listed in dictionaries [2] as a verb that means searching for something on Google.
Or more technically correct: google wasn't a word when Google was founded, but today google is listed in dictionaries [2] as a verb that means searching for something on Google.
1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/googol
2. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/google