Idiot vs Google - What's the difference?
idiot | google |
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
(obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
google
(cricket) To deliver googlies.
(cricket) To move as a ball in a googly.
An internet search, such as that which is performed on the Google search engine.
(Internet) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
(by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
(Internet) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
''Xander'': Willow! She's 17!
''Willow : It's a search engine. }} * {{quote-video , date = 2002-12-13 , title = (Maid In Manhattan) , people = (Jennifer Lopez) , role = Marisa , passage = "Google it." }} * {{quote-news , date = 2002-12-28 , first = Bill , last = Keller , authorlink = Bill Keller , url = http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/28/opinion/28KELL.html?pagewanted=2&todaysheadlines , title = Who's Sorry Now? , newspaper = (The New York Times) , issn = 0362-4331 , page = A-19 , accessdate = 2007-06-24 , passage = "Googling in search of an apology from the former Enron C.E.O...." }}
As nouns the difference between idiot and google
is that idiot is a person of low general intelligence while google is an internet search, such as that which is performed on the Google search engine.As a verb google is
to deliver googlies.As a numeral google is
misspelling of lang=en.As a proper noun Google is
a particular Internet company.idiot
English
Alternative forms
* eejit * idjit, idget (eye dialect)Noun
(en noun)- usage note This may be used pejoratively, as an insult. It is a weak insult, however, and between close friends, family members, or lovers, is often completely nonaggressive.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* geniusEnglish
(wikipedia google)Etymology 1
From googly.Verb
(googl)Etymology 2
From Google.Noun
(en noun)- The word "oceanfront" has 6,150,000 googles , so I think it must be a real word.
Derived terms
* googlebomb * googles * googlewhack * googlishVerb
(googl)- Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
- I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.
- His name googles .
Quotations
* {{quote-web , last = Page , first = Larry , authorlink = Larry Page , date = 1998-07-08 , url = http://web.archive.org/web/19991009052012/www.egroups.com/group/google-friends/3.html , title = Google Search Engine: New Features , publisher = Google Friends Mailing List , accessdate = 2007-08-06 , passage = "Have fun and keep googling !" }} * {{quote-video , date = 2002-10-15 , title = (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) , episode = , season = 7 , number = 4 , people = (Alyson Hannigan) and (Nicholas Brendon) , role = (Willow Rosenberg) and (Xander Harris) , passage = Willow'': Have you googled her yet?''Xander'': Willow! She's 17!
''Willow : It's a search engine. }} * {{quote-video , date = 2002-12-13 , title = (Maid In Manhattan) , people = (Jennifer Lopez) , role = Marisa , passage = "Google it." }} * {{quote-news , date = 2002-12-28 , first = Bill , last = Keller , authorlink = Bill Keller , url = http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/28/opinion/28KELL.html?pagewanted=2&todaysheadlines , title = Who's Sorry Now? , newspaper = (The New York Times) , issn = 0362-4331 , page = A-19 , accessdate = 2007-06-24 , passage = "Googling in search of an apology from the former Enron C.E.O...." }}
See also
* googlie, googly * madame linkmonger * JFGIExternal links
*www.google.com