Lexicon: Google-fu
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Google-fu – noun
1. The ability to use Google with zen like prowess.
2. A measure of one’s level of skill in using the Google search engine in order to find needed but near worthless minutia.
Etymology: A portmanteau of the search engine Google and kung fu.
Compare Google Juice [1] [2] [3] or The nofollow attribute [1] [2]
I think I’ve passed on a bit of slang that I absorbed via osmosis from JMPP*, but usage has mutated. This is an attempt to correct that. I can has meme.
* plus seekret fifth name.
2008-06-07 00:01 by Standard Mischief, Filed under:deranged rants 2 Comments »
Lex Says :
Or “Google Chi”, the Tao of Search. Points for using the word “portmanteau”.
2009-12-29 08:20 PermalinkStandard Mischief Says :
It’s a case of “know thy enemy”. Portmanteau is a French loanword. Big thanks to those bastards for screwing up the English language.
2009-12-29 09:05 Permalink