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by ocdtrekkie 3219 days ago
I still instinctively tell people to "google it" even though I exclusively use Bing or DuckDuckGo. I usually catch myself after.
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And in an alternate universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHuZ5qrYX4
Holy moly!

So cringeworthy!

For laughs I sometimes say I'm AltaVista'ing something. Or "Veronica'ing" if I suspect they'd might get the reference.
Yes, but what search engine to you think they will use? I would expect Google.
i find odd pleasure in using alternative search engines as a verb in casual conversation