DuckDuckGo

English Etymology en :af duck<id:bird> duck<id:bird> go<id:move> :influence duck, duck, goose The search engine website was founded by Gabriel Weinberg in 2008. The name is in reference to the children's game en duck, duck, goose.2012-11-09 Rosenwald, Michael Ducking Google in search engines https://web.archive.org/web/20121110190251/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ducking-google-in-search-engines/2012/11/09/6cf3af10-2842-11e2-bab2-eda299503684_story.html He called his little search engine project DuckDuckGo, after the children's game Duck, Duck, Goose. (Instead of "Just Google it," think "Just Duck it.") 1 Proper noun DDG en internet A search engine that that focuses on Internet privacy. Verb DuckDuckGoes + +,DuckDuckWent<l:humorous> DuckDuckGoed,~ne<l:humorous> en rare en transitive internet To search for (something) using the DuckDuckGo search engine. en 26 August 2013 Tim McDaniel tmcd@panix.com Re: Some Tropes Are Bad rec.arts.sf.written https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.sf.written/c/DsG1tEs7cy8/m/Xucz1ivoS_YJ http://archive.today/2026.02.02-012059/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.sf.written/c/DsG1tEs7cy8/m/Xucz1ivoS_YJ 2 February 2026 Never heard of it. I just Duckduckwent it, and I've never heard of the work or the author. References en Websites