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Googlish
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English
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Googlish.wav US
Etymology 1
en :af Google -ish + 1
Adjective
en internet informal Resembling or in the manner of Google.
en Googley
en This is the Googlish way to do directory services.
en Media Control: News as an Institution of Power and Social Control Robert E. Gutsche, Jr. 2017 "Innovation" has become a key word in journalism education, as schools attempt to create a Googlish culture that provides students with the ability to create their own platforms, technologies, and techniques for journalistic reporting and storytelling.
Etymology 2
en Google English.
Noun
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en informal The result of translating foreign-language text via any of various popular web-translation engines.
en informal A notional language, not quite identical to English, resembling the result of such translation.
en 15 June 2003 The Inquirer One of our Austrian readers who speaks and writes excellent English has translated the German, and placed it here, if the Googlish translation is doing your brain in. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=1001 SCO's evidence unveiled?
en internet slang
en Google