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Chocolate Factory
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English
Etymology
Coined by the UK technological newspaper The Register, in allusion to the magical factory in Roald Dahl's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Proper noun
1 Chocolate Factory
en UK humorous The technology company Google.
en https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/google_monopoly_fix/ Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious 2024-08-15 Thomas Claburn The Register The Chocolate Factory has appealed the Epic verdict and also plans to challenge the DoJ's victory. https://web.archive.org/web/20260318065124/https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/google_monopoly_fix/ 18 March 2026
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