Here's a geek-culture milestone.Google has been added to the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as a verb.
Respectful of the trademark, Merriam-Webster lowercases the entry but maintains the capitalization while explaining that the verb means "to use the Google search engine" to retrieve online information.
"We're defining a trademark as a verb, just like we did with the word xerox," [Merriam-Webster President John] Morse said.
The entry has already been added to the online version, along with newcomers bling, bird flu and biodiesel, as well as my personal favorite: mouse potato.
Source: Dwight siverman - TechBlog
1 comment:
Intersting. I use Google as a verb all the time. I've never heard of mouse potato before. Good one! I'll be using it from now on. :)
Michelle
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