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Old 07-07-2006, 07:02 AM  
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Originally Posted by Romeo GaySearch4Sex
google was added into the merriam webster dictionary as a verb meaning "search for something using the google search engine"

"Google" the trademark is a proper noun - the name of the company

however, wasnt google already a regular noun - meaning a number with 1,000 digits?

I dont think it will make any difference... the trademark office will rule in favor of them
Your thinking of googol which is "The number 10 raised to the power 100 (10[sup]100[/sup]), written out as the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros."
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