Last Updated：2022/12/23
Sentence
[Hamish
Mackintosh:]
So
is
Google
officially
a
verb
now?
/
[William
Gibson:]
When
I
wrote
Pattern
Recognition,
it
occurred
to
me
that
I
could
use
it
as
a
verb
and
it
also
occurred
to
me
that
someone
might
already
have
done
so.
I
thought
it
didn't
matter
too
much.
If
I'm
first
that's
great,
but
if
I'm
not,
then
it's
just
good
reportage
in
a
way.
Sites
like
Wiktionary
track
new
usages
and
neologisms.
The
page
on
Google
as
a
verb
went
back
almost
two
years!
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[Hamish Mackintosh:] So is Google officially a verb now? / [William Gibson:] When I wrote Pattern Recognition, it occurred to me that I could use it as a verb and it also occurred to me that someone might already have done so. I thought it didn't matter too much. If I'm first that's great, but if I'm not, then it's just good reportage in a way. Sites like Wiktionary track new usages and neologisms. The page on Google as a verb went back almost two years!
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