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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"
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That's the key right there. They won't lose their trademark because even though the word is used in common language, its meaning refers to using the google search engine, and not merely a search. So the word is inextricably tied into the google search engine specifically and is distinct from doing a search in any other serach engine or medium.
And no, google was not a word prior to the search engine. I heard on the radio that they actually intended it to be goggle but by mistake they wound up with google and it stuck.