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I genuinely think we could one day reach a point where Google is no longer the dominant way to search for things, and yet people will still say “Google it”.
Yeah, happens all the time. Can't think of an English example right now but ~~the German verb for putting on makeup is "schminken" although nobody really knows the company "Schminke" anymore.~~
One English example is to "hoover" - people say it all the time when they mean using the vacuum cleaner, whether or not it's made by Hoover.
"Jello" is a brand name, which I think may be the example most people in the US specifically don't realize. There are tons of others.
I think "googling" counts because a) it kinda makes sense even without the branding, b) I hear it all the time, and c) I say it myself even though I haven't used Google as my default search engine for ages.
You know, I mostly only know the US examples of this and always assumed it was just more common here, now I'm wondering about generic trademarks around the world.
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I know for a fact I've said I was going to "Xerox some copies" on a machine that was almost certainly not manufactured by the Xerox Holdings Corporation.
Just learnt of a new example today. In Australia a common kind of small tree is called a "wattle". It's flowers are yellow, everyone in Australia knows about them, and the flower is the floral emblem of the country (the yellow and green colours of Australian sports teams is probably from the flower too).
The name "wattle" however comes from "wattle and daub" (wikipedia), a method of construction that uses woven branches filled with some form of clay\cement like material such as mud. "Wattle" trees were ideal for and just used very often for "wattle and daub" building in early colonial times that it's name became "wattle", which generally refers to the woven branches. Now no one knows that construction technique or its name, but the know the tree's name very well.
Otherwise, the save icon being a floppy disc is a clear visual example in technology that's just now-ish passing beyond its redundancy.
Otherwise, the save icon being a floppy disc is a clear visual example in technology that’s just now-ish passing beyond its redundancy.
It cracks me up that cars have a phone icon based on a handset style from an old home landline phone. I guess enough businesses still use them?
So does my iPhone for that matter.
So does my android, but I somehow find the icon in the car even more entertaining since it reminds me of when the first cars with mobile phones in the 80s actually had handsets!
Do you have any reference for that? The internet claims that word is around since the 15th century.
I think I saw it on TV. Guess I was wrong.
You still have a point. Other examples would be "Nutella", "Tesa", "Edding", famously also "Tempo", "Zewa" ...
"Selters" in the East for sparkling water. And I guess for the English language Champagne qualifies, although the clarification in this case even became a meme.
Xerox for making copies
Ive been saying “search online” instead
This is important I think. While the word has clearly stuck beyond the actual company's services ... the word "search" in IT hasn't died and will likely still be used. If the word ever fades away, it may be in part because "search" lived.
I also try to say "look it up online" as much as possible in stead of Googling it.
Meanwhile I have called "searching within a physical filing cabinet" googling once or twice.
I still do sometimes, despite using DDG for about a decade now and working in IT myself. Haven't met anyone who doesn't say it in my area.
Same. I don't really use Google search any more, but I still keep the phrase. It's just something people understand.
Everyone knows what is meant by "Google it" even though there are other options now.
It's like when I ask you for a Kleenex or Band Aid and many other brand and product names that became a synonym for the generic product in general.
Xerox it.
Tape a show.
I saw someone once suggest we popularize saying “Bing it”.
I use duckduckgo.
I want "duck it" to become a thing.
Autocorrect is rooting for you.
I've been trying to say "search online" or "websearch" for the past year or two.
Now that you've got me thinking about this, I wonder if there are any journalist style guides that cover this. That's often an interesting reference point for what people are saying versus an attempt at more objective way.
I tell people to altavista it
Encarta it!
AskJeeves it!
I usually will say something along the lines of "look it up" or "I can look it up"
Yeah, alot of people still do. I still use "search it online" though.
Yes but I've been trying to change it since using ddg. Then again the other person will probably use Google so it doesn't matter.
Yes, same way i say i need a "Kleenex" to open the door to the "Porta potty" so i don't have to shit in the "dumpster".
That or some iteration of "search it". Interesting that I see a lot of people emphasizing the "online" here but that seems so implied to me that I don't usually include it, and I am not young. Not sure what to think of that.
Well, it sounds better than "Bing it".
Google it on bing.
Naw, it's Do your own research now /s
I still hear people say it, but I won't.
Google's service is so abominably enshittified now that if you're not using udm14.com, there's really no point.
I don't think that's just you only, but I do say and hear others say "google it". No idea about techies, guess it depends on which techies, I know people in IT who say google it.
I always say things like "you could look it up" or "did you look it up". That way people can use the search engine or database of their choice. Americans are so trained to call things by a corporate name / brand / product. Kleenex, qtips, advil, tylenol, dockers, vaseline, some people don't even know the real name of those products. And saying "google it" has almost become an insult on so many levels.
I use duckduckgo and I still use "google it" while talking about searching something up on the internet.
Me, all over this thread:
I don’t know if this is true everywhere, but I can say my elementary school kid and friends all say “search it up”, and although they have school-issued Chromebooks and use Google for search, I can’t actually recall ever hearing them say “google it”.
My household is on a mission to make "websing" the word, as short for web searching. "I'll have to webs that!" is just really funny to us... and works in German, too! "Das sollten wir mal websen."
it's not caught on yet outside, but we remain hopeful.
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