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by stan_rogers 5977 days ago
"Google" is older than "googol", and appears to have been a mixture of "goofy" and "ogle", referring to crazily wandering eyes. It certainly entered popular culture with the Snuffy Smith/Barney Google cartoons, so Google (the company) can't claim coinage.
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lol I had no idea, nice!