Google is now an official English Word
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The name of the site Google is now an official English word. The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary has officially placed "google" (small g) in their newest edtion. For example: "I've got to google that" is a correct sentence.
Posted by Opacus at 7/10/2006 3:45:11 AM | 23 comments
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Monkey 'o Doom (Level 11 Psychopath) at 7/12/2006 9:51:53 AM
Yes, then quintillion(18), sextillion(21), heptillion(24), octillion(27), nonillion(30), and decillion(33).
G.I. George (Level 1 Hired Gun) at 7/12/2006 8:52:23 AM
15 zero's is a quadrillion and believe me its a real word infact i checked it in word Monkey 'o Doom (Level 11 Psychopath) at 7/12/2006 7:40:31 AM
Correct you are. You want 666 zeroes named after you? 
Lawrence (Level 10 Operative) at 7/12/2006 1:11:59 AM
If you use that logic, there 'should' be a nickname for ever set of numbers between 0 and infinity, since infinity is a number too. Monkey 'o Doom (Level 11 Psychopath) at 7/11/2006 2:50:26 PM
But having a number with 100 means we need something between 96 zeroes and that, creating another off number, or an oddity of another sort.
Anyways, /me shuts up for fear of seeming the obsessive freak he really is.
Badassbill (Level 8 Cannibal) at 7/11/2006 2:44:43 PM
Not realy. We don't use numbers past 1 trillion as there's hardly ever a need for it and as a novelty it could exist, as it alighns with the metric system in a sense, having 100 zero's. Monkey 'o Doom (Level 11 Psychopath) at 7/11/2006 2:13:23 PM
The mere concept of a googol is ridiculous. All place-value names past the hundreds have a number that is divisible by 3 as their 0 count.
EX: a million: 6
a billion: 9
a trillion: 12
and so on.
Badassbill (Level 8 Cannibal) at 7/11/2006 12:00:25 PM
Isn't google already in their? To signify 1 followed by 100 zeros as a number.
Skull (Level 11 CEO) at 7/11/2006 2:25:55 AM
Google already was an official word.. wasn't it? The loads of zeros?
Shark (Level 1 Jukyu) at 7/10/2006 5:25:44 PM
dude all u get is porn with that. >.> *goes to dogpile*
Shark (Level 1 Jukyu) at 7/10/2006 10:00:14 AM
lol. I have actually said "I'll google it... " or "Im Googling". It is the best search engine though. Lawrence (Level 10 Operative) at 7/10/2006 9:05:10 AM
Yeah me too. Besides, I still think a better use for the verb would be:- v. Google: To hire Stephen Merchant to glare at someone you dislike, giving them nightmares for the rest of their life.
sedgemonkey (Level 10 Master Sniper) at 7/10/2006 8:57:01 AM
I did indeed "google" to find a link for the article. I guess I'm just a stubborn old bastard... "search" still works for me.
Lawrence (Level 10 Operative) at 7/10/2006 7:47:34 AM
Oh well, apparently Oxford has it in their dictionary too. Anyway I guess you had to... google that article, eh sedge? sedgemonkey (Level 10 Master Sniper) at 7/10/2006 7:45:10 AM
I didn't realize Merriam-Webster was an American English dictionary.
Lawrence (Level 10 Operative) at 7/10/2006 7:43:15 AM
Merriam-Webster? So it's only for American English, not normal English. Heheh sedgemonkey (Level 10 Master Sniper) at 7/10/2006 7:40:21 AM
Oh yeah, where's the link? *grumbles* I'll find one.This Week's Pixel Art
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