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Results are in: 'Google' now a verb
IT'S OFFICIAL. "GOOGLE" IS NOW A VERB. THAT IS, ACCORDING TO THE venerable Oxford English Dictionary, published by Oxford University Press, as well as Merriam-Webster. Google as a verb with an uppercase "G" was added to the OED, the internationally recognized arbiter of the English language, in June. The word also became an official verb in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition last month. The next edition is expected to be published this fall. Google joins other trademarked brands such as Xerox and TiVo that are used as generic verbs in common speech. The OED defines "Google" as: "To use the Google search engine to find information on the Internet. To search for information about (a person or thing) using the Google search engine." Webster's version, with a lowercase "g," identifies the word as a transitive verb meaning "to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web." Google...