~10 years ago I would say “google it” often. But now I don’t think I say that at all, and would say “search for it” or similar.
I don’t think I really consciously decided to stop saying it, but I suppose it just felt weird to explicitly refer to one search engine while using another.
Just me? Do you say, or hear others say, “google it” in $current_year? Is it different for techies and normies?
I do if I’m using Google’s search engine.
Currently I’m normally using Kagi and say “kagis” rather than “googles” to refer to my searching.
But if you used google for searching on the internet even using a non google browser it would undermine the trademark.
which of course opens tal to a lawsuit, which I am initiating now
And that’s bizarre and confusing.
Just say “search”