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Saying 'Google It' Makes You Sound Old (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] giacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

what if I am old, though?

[–] mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com 4 points 13 hours ago

I'm certainly old, but I've been trying for a year or 2 to stop using giant corporation names as verbs. "Google it" became "look it up" or "research it".

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah but do you sound old?