Mon 2 Apr 2007
Neologism Proposal
Posted by a-cubed under Social Legal and Ethical Aspects of High Tech , TechnologyComments Off on Neologism Proposal
While writing the post on the Butler cafe, I wanted to say something like “oodles of useless google search results”. This obviously leads to the new term:
Goodles: a large number of hits on a Google search, where the term you are searching for, if present anywhere, has been overridden by one of the following:
- a semantic difference: e.g. searching for Bob Baker and finding bread and confectionery makers called Bob;
- mis-spellings of a different word overwhelming it: e.g. searching for “femininist” brings up goodles of hits for “feminist” spelled wrong;
- googlewashing;
- googlebombing.