Attention English Teachers: Google Is Officially A Verb: Every summer, it's always fun to see what new tech-related words make it into the Oxford English Dictionary as official 'words.' A few years ago, it was things like 'blog,' 'cyberslacker,' and 'egosurf.' This year, however, the Google lawyers probably won't be all that thrilled to discover that Google has now been included as a verb. Yes, that's right. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it's now perfectly legitimate to say you 'Googled' something. From the standpoint of Google, however, this could take them a step closer to losing the trademark on their own name, as it starts to fall into more common usage. Can Google sue the Oxford English Dictionary?
I love this language sometimes. The company isn't ten years old yet and its name is officially a verb in the English language. Sergey and Larry must be thrilled, but Eric Schmidt is probably a bit concerned about the Google name. I'm not concerned; I never had to pay to use "Google" as a verb to begin with. I don't think this will affect their trademark.
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