google

From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”).

Each night I allowed myself one desultory google before leaping to my feet for a lamplit walk around the neighbourhood.

2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 51:

An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine.

գուգլ

Internet search performed on the Google search engine

otsing

Internet search performed on any search engine

The word oceanfront has 64,300,000 googles, so I think it must be a real word.

(dated) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.


google

en-verb

google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)

googles (present singular third-person)
googling (participle present)
googled (participle past)
googled (past)

Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.

Have fun and keep googling!

1998 July 8, Larry Page, “New Features”, in eGroups, archived from the original on 1999-10-09:

Willow: Have you googled her yet?
Xander: Willow! She's 17!
Willow: It's a search engine.

2002 October 15, Rebecca Rand Kirshner, “Help”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 7, episode 4, spoken by Willow Rosenberg and Xander Harris (Alyson Hannigan and Nicholas Brendon):

Google it.

2002 December 13, Kevin Wade, Maid in Manhattan, spoken by Marisa (Jennifer Lopez):

Googling in search of an apology from the former Enron C.E.O. Kenneth Lay, I came up with a report in the newspaper Oil Daily headlined "Lay apologizes." But tel me if you can find any remorse in his actual words: […]

2002 December 28, Bill Keller, “Who’s sorry now?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-03-23, page A-19:

To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.

googloj

to search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine

I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.

(by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.

hakea

to search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine

His name googles.

(intransitive) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.

löytyä netistä

to be locatable in a search of the Internet


YT

(Internet) Abbreviation of YouTube, a popular video hosting website.


poop

en-noun

poop (countable and uncountable, plural poops)

Russian: пуп (pup)

Uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, blow on a horn, toot”). Compare Dutch poepen (“to defecate”), German Low German pupen (“to fart; break wind”). Also representing poo pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end.

cog

Alternative form: Poop

The resulting video (called a “poop”) subverts its original content by slicing and dicing the video and audio, adding visual effects, and mashing several videos into one.

2012 November 3, Brad Evan Rosen, “YouTube Poop: Meme as Art, Community – by “William A – YLT2012””, in Yale Law Tech:

And nobody really set out to design YTP to work this way—only a fraction of YTPs ever succeed in releasing enough neurochemicals, and those are the videos that get elevated and then remixed into a new round of poops.

2020 March 3, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, “YouTube Poop And The ‘Sanic’ Boom: Digesting The Strangest Slice Of Google’s $15B Video Business”, in Forbes:

(Internet slang) Clipping of YouTube poop (“video mashup”).


short

→ Cantonese: short

→ Italian: short

→ Japanese: ショート (shōto)

→ Mandarin: 秀逗 (xiùdou)

→ Hakka: 秀逗 (sió-tò)

→ Maltese: xort

From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
Cognates
shirt, skirt, curt, Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. Doublet of curt. More at shirt.

A YouTube video that is less than one minute long.


googlewhack

From Google + whack. Coined by Gary Stock on 8 January 2002.

(Internet) A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.


googlewhack

en-verb

googlewhack (third-person singular simple present googlewhacks, present participle googlewhacking, simple past and past participle googlewhacked)

googlewhacks (present singular third-person)
googlewhacking (participle present)
googlewhacked (participle past)
googlewhacked (past)

(Internet, transitive, rare) To search for something using Google, resulting in a single hit.


GC

(education) Initialism of Google Classroom.


oshi

For me, my Oshi is Watame. I find her content very relaxing and calming, it helps bring me a smile whenever I see that wonderful sheep doing anything and it’s sometimes exactly what I need after a stressful day at work. I really admire all the hard work she puts into her music as well as how inclusive she always attempts to be as far as reaching out to overseas fans with everything. Everything about her just makes me feel happy and I really value everything she does here at HoloLive.

2022 April 19, /u/Daniel101773, Who’s your Oshi & why?:

(VTuber fandom slang) A person’s favorite VTuber, idol, or character, especially one they actively support and promote.


Googlish

en-adj

Googlish (comparative more Googlish, superlative most Googlish)

more Googlish (comparative)
most Googlish (superlative)

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This is the Googlish way to do directory services.

"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.

2017, Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Media Control: News as an Institution of Power and Social Control:

(Internet, informal) Resembling or in the manner of Google.


ghit

/ˈd͡ʒiːˌhɪt/

A contraction of Google hit; coined on 3 February 2004 by “Trevor” on his blog k’ɑləbøl: see the quotations from him and from American linguist Mark Liberman on his Language Log blog (9 February 2004), below.

Igry (1/2/3) – a (research-driven?) neologism expressing a voyeuristic, laissez-faire sense of shame – already gets slightly more ghits (ca 200 to 175, once you've sifted out the Russians) than its Catalan equivalent, vergonya aliena, although it's still way behind plaatsvervangende schaamte and vergüenza ajena (not to mention verguenza ajena).

2004 February 3, “Trevor”, “Shame”, in k’ɑləbøl, archived from the original on 2015-09-22:

For me, though, the most important thing in his post is the neologism ghits. Now there's a word that fills a need! I don't know if this is Trevor's coinage, but it seems to be pretty new: "ghits" has 2380 ghits, at the moment, but all the 50 or so that I checked were programming language variable names, words in languages other than English, alternative spellings of "gits", or jokes like "ghits and siggles". Anyhow, I'm in Trevor's debt for the tip, and if he's the author, he deserves immortal renown. […] Update: it seems that Trevor is the responsible party. He's posted that / I am having 1,500 cards printed with "ghit = google hit © 2004 followthebaldie.com" and am going to flog them down the Ramblas this lunchtime. I am unsure as to whether this constitutes a business plan.

2004 February 9, Mark Liberman, “Igry and Ghits”, in Language Log, archived from the original on 2016-07-03:

"Fifth wheel" is a common expression for superfluity, common in frames like "feel like a fifth wheel" (538 ghits), but it's not so commonly used in the frame "ADJ as a ___".

2004 August 8, Mark Liberman, “Superfluity and Uselessness”, in Language Log, archived from the original on 2016-10-01:

I'm quite baffled, in fact, that there are so few ghits (Google hits) for this search, as the idea seems so obvious. Even if you spell it without the final 's', you end up with only one extra ghit.

2004 October 22, “David”, “Searching Sue de Nimes”, in TEFL Smiler: A British EFL Teacher Comments on His Life and Applied Linguistics, archived from the original on 2006-03-02:

(Internet) Contraction of Google hit: a hit obtained using the search engine Google.


Gmail

He has a Gmail account.

For now, it’s hard to conclude that Sunak will succeed in rebooting a government that’s been reset more times than most people’s Gmail passwords.

2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian:

(trademark) A webbased e-mail system provided by Google (trademarked Gmail).


googlebomb

en-verb

googlebomb (third-person singular simple present googlebombs, present participle googlebombing, simple past and past participle googlebombed)

googlebombs (present singular third-person)
googlebombing (participle present)
googlebombed (participle past)
googlebombed (past)

(Internet) To fill a web page with links or words in order to gain a high Google page ranking.

googlebombe

To fill a web page with links or words to gain a high Google page ranking


Android

(computing, mobile telephony) A mobile operating system currently developed by Google.


Go

From go, likely with reference to the first two letters of Google.

Despite the lower priority placed on features, Go isn't a static, unchanging language. New features are adopted slowly, after much discussion and experimentation. Since the initial release of Go 1.0, there have been significant changes to the patterns that define idiomatic Go.

2021, Jon Bodner, Learning Go, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 327:

programming language
programming language

(computer languages) A compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language developed by Google.


Google

Misspelling of googol (“one followed by a hundred zeros”), alluding to the site's purpose of providing easy access to vast amounts of information.

(trademark) A particular Internet company.

(computing, trademark) A search engine that popularized the company of the same name.


Google

Google (third-person singular simple present Googles, present participle Googling or Googleing or Google-ing, simple past and past participle Googled)

Googles (present singular third-person)
Googling (participle present)
Googleing (participle present)
Google-ing (participle present)
Googled (participle past)
Googled (past)

Google Damien and you will find a director of music videos and commercials. Google Cayce and you will find “coolhunter,” and if you look closely you may see it suggested that she is a “sensitive” of some kind, a dowser in the world of global marketing.

2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 2:

Eventually, I found myself surfing the web, Google'''-ing the names of former boyfriends.

2005, Pari Noskin Taichert, The Belen Hitch, Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 33:

Trying to be helpful, he told Lenzin that he could get most of the information by Googleing Ashley.

2008, Jerry Langton, Rage: The True Story of a Sibling Murder, John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd., →ISBN, page 133:

I did quite a bit of research by Google-ing a lot of the costume websites.

2008, Carol Adams, Douglas Buchanan, Kelly Gesch, quoting Anne Timmons, “Northanger Abbey: The Graphic Novel”, in The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Jane Austen, New York, N.Y., London: The Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 92, column 1:

There are several film festivals going on all over the world at any one time. Do some creative Google-ing and start sending your film out.

2009, Lloyd Kaufman with Sara Antill and Kurly Tlapoyawa, Direct Your Own Damn Movie!, Burlington, Mass., Abingdon, Oxon: Focal Press, published 2013, →ISBN:

Googleing the name of your counterpart will most likely tell you even more: Facebook and the like will tell about hobbies, family etc. and hence give you valuable information on the motivational set of the person.

2010, Michael Schneider, “Companies and Airlines: Negotiation Positions – Negotiation Options”, in Roland Conrady, Martin Buck, editors, Trends and Issues in Global Tourism 2010, Springer, →ISBN, page 211:

Rainwater harvesting guidance and products can be found in abundance by Googleing “rainwater-harvesting”.

2011, Trevor Linsley, Basic Electrical Installation Work, 6th edition, Newnes, →ISBN, page 479:


TGIF

(marketing) Initialism of Twitter, Google, iPhone/iPad or Instagram, Facebook.


FGI

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of fucking Google it.


pooper

Alternative form: Pooper

For whatever reason – the terrible animation or the absurd dialogue, most likely – these cutscenes are popular among poopers.

2012 November 3, Brad Evan Rosen, “YouTube Poop: Meme as Art, Community – by “William A – YLT2012””, in Yale Law Tech:

Many who disregard the medium are oblivious to the absurd amount of effort that some Poopers put into their projects.

2019 March 20, Luke Dormehl, “YouTube Poop is punk rock for the internet age, and you probably don’t get it”, in Digital Trends:

But each individual YTP features something different, and different YTP creators (often called "poopers") use their own styles.

2021 August 15, Ben Stegner, “What Is YouTube Poop?”, in Make Use Of:


Googler

Partly Google + -er (occupational suffix), partly + -er (agent noun suffix).

Over at Google, a company known to have pioneered the modern tech workplace, one designer complained of spending 40 percent of their time on “the inefficien[cy] overhead of simply working at Google.” Some report spending all day on tasks as simple as changing the color of a website button. Working the bare minimum while waiting for stock to vest is so common that Googlers call it “resting and vesting.”

2023 November 28, JS Tan, “It's All Bullshit”, in The Baffler:

A full-time Google corporation employee.


GIYF

Google is your friend
Google is your friend#English

(Internet slang, initialism, abbreviation, text messaging) Initialism of Google is your friend.


Google stalk

Google stalk (third-person singular simple present Google stalks, present participle Google stalking, simple past and past participle Google stalked)

Google stalks (present singular third-person)
Google stalking (participle present)
Google stalked (participle past)
Google stalked (past)

(transitive) To enter a person's name into the search engine Google to find personal information about them.


JFGI

(Internet slang) Initialism of just fucking google it.


googlewhacker

The ultimate goal of a Googlewhacker: seeing the words "Results 1-1 of 1" appear in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

2002 January 30, Lisa M. Bowman, “Are you a secret Googlewhacker?”, in zdnet.com, retrieved 2008-01-21:


rickroll

rickroll (third-person singular simple present rickrolls, present participle rickrolling, simple past and past participle rickrolled)

rickrolls (present singular third-person)
rickrolling (participle present)
rickrolled (participle past)
rickrolled (past)

4chan
Grand Theft Auto IV
Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley
YouTube

The verb is a blend of Rick + duckroll, combining the name of the British pop singer and songwriter Rick Astley (born 1966) with a reference to the duckroll prank on the website 4chan, in which users tricked into clicking on a hyperlink were led to an image of a duck on wheels. The word was coined by the American YouTuber Shawn Cotter (born 1987) who, under the handle “cotter548”, uploaded the music video of Astley’s song “Never Gonna Give You Up” (1987) to the online video-sharing service YouTube and then posted messages on 4chan on May 15, 2007 ostensibly with links to a trailer for the forthcoming game Grand Theft Auto IV. People who clicked on the links instead saw the Astley video with the caption “You just got Rickroll’d” scrolling across the screen. The noun is derived from the verb.

coinage

I try not to get rickrolled by sketchy YouTube links, but sometimes you let your guard down.

YouTube ‘Rickrolls’ Everyone [title] […] Let the Internet pranking begin! YouTube, capitalizing on the resurgence of a popular meme, has booby-trapped each of the “featured videos” on its homepage. Click on any of the showcased clips and you’ll be taken instead to a cheesy video of pop singer Rick Astley singing his late-’80s hit song, “Never Gonna Give You Up.”

2008 April 1, Jenna Wortham, “YouTube ‘Rickrolls’ Everyone”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-07:

Once you start rickrolling people, and more importantly get a reputation for it, you're heading towards being the Zimbabwean dollar in the link economy: it doesn't matter how many you offer, people just aren't going to buy them.

2008 December 5, Charles Arthur, “Why rickrolling is bad for you”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-22:

Despite its name, there is one thing the Vote Leave campaign should not have left for so long: registering a domain name. The delay by the anti-EU organisation meant that up to 100,000 people who tried to access voteleave.com, co.uk or .net were rickrolled – redirected to a YouTube clip of Rick Astley's 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up. So far, so internet.

2016 April 20, Homa Khaleeli, “How Vote Leave got rickrolled”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-17:

You send a Web link to someone, promising something exciting or compelling ("Is this you!?")—but the link actually takes your victim to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's 1987 music video, "Never Gonna Give You Up." That's it. That's the joke. Ha! You've been Rickrolled!

2020, David Pogue, “The Internet Celebrity Culture [Internet Memes 101: A Guide to Online Wackiness]”, in Social Media Influencers: Apps, Algorithms and Celebrities (In the Headlines), New York, N.Y.: New York Times Educational Publishing in association with The Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 14:

(originally Internet slang) To mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or sometimes a QR code, that leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up".

瑞克搖

to mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or sometimes a QR code, that leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley’s song “Never Gonna Give You Up”; to surprise or trick (someone) into hearing this song; to cause (someone) to unexpectedly engage with this song through an indirect method


Google bomb

An attempt to influence the ranking of a web page within the Google search engine by linking to it from many other pages.


googleability

googleable + -ity. First use appears c. 2001. See cite below.

So, how far does cultural literacy go? Where does Trivial Pursuit end and cultural literacy begin? Is there significant overlap? The things that follow are probably "Googleable" (maybe not "Matamoros"). How much does "Googleability" correlate with cultural literacy? To what extent are mass media the "drivers" of cultural literacy?

2001 June 25, Jerry Bauer, “Cultural Literacy”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):

The good news is that you can improve your Googleability (or ability to show up on any search engine) so that people who search for information about you on the Internet will find you.

2007, Lindsey Pollak, Getting from college to career, page 39:

If you don't exist on Google, Yahoo and MSN, you don't exist. A strong "googleability" rating and online presence will enhance your Personal Brand.

2009, Hubert K. Rampersad, Authentic Personal Branding, page 117:

Thanks to Joop van Eijk, my father, for offering advice and guidance, for keeping track of my googleability, for making my Dutch summary readable and for having taught me to always explore all opportunities.

2010, G. Van Eijk, Unequal networks: spatial segregation, relationships and ...:

(informal) The likelihood of finding something using Google or another similar Internet search engine.


YouTube

en-verb

YouTube (third-person singular simple present YouTubes, present participle YouTubing, simple past and past participle YouTubed)

YouTubes (present singular third-person)
YouTubing (participle present)
YouTubed (participle past)
YouTubed (past)

/ˈjʉː.tʃʉːb/

Website name, from a compound of you + tube (“North American colloquial term for television”), implying that users (you) may submit their own television (tube) content.

com+

Inquiry elicited that he was a pop singer. I YouTubed him, revealing another ghastly microphone-gripping, anguished nasal wailer.

2015 April 21, Bob Jones, “Appetite for quirky fulfilled”, in Wanganui Chronicle:

If you don't know me, YouTube me, because soon the whole world is going to know me.

2017 July 20, Sammy Guevara, Impact Wrestling:

(transitive) To search for and view on YouTube.


Google-fu

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From Google + -fu (suffix indicating expertise or mastery).

suffix

If you need to brush up on your Google-fu, check out Google Hacking for Penetration Testing from the talented and modest Johnny Long.

2006, Johnny Long, Max Moser, Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit, Syngress, →ISBN, page 107:

... they think they have all the Google-fu they'll ever need ...

2007, Eli Neiburger, Gamers... in the Library?!, ALA Editions, →ISBN, page 3:

Coworkers seek out my Googling abilities. My Google-Fu is strong.

2007, Ben Grabow, "Big Brother Is Watching You Google", Scripps Howard News Service, May 9, E. W. Scripps

... one thing that I did notice when I was doing a little google-fu on the issue is that there appears to be approximately 20 to 50 billion dollars spent by the federal government ...

2008 May 5, Kevin Drum, “Political Animal: Corporate Welfare in the Oil Patch”, in Washington Monthly:

Oh, dang, I blogged about this once and can't find my blog post now (anyone with better Google-fu than I want to help?)

2008 August 6, Robin Abrahams, “Miss Conduct Chat”, in The Boston Globe:

[Gary] Small suggests the inexperienced may register less brain activity because they haven't yet figured out the right strategies required to perform a successful search. In other words, their Google-fu is weak.

2008 October 16, Austin Modine, “Internet searches stimulate brain more than books: Assuming good Google-fu”, in The Register:

Kitty sighed. “It's worth looking into.” She pointed at the nearest computer. “Ed, I need your Googlefu.” Ed swung around and poised his fingers over the keyboard.

2015, Gretchen McNeil, Get Dirty, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

(informal) A skill in using search engines (especially Google) to quickly find useful information on the Internet.


seiso

en-adjective

seiso (comparative more seiso, superlative most seiso)

more seiso (comparative)
most seiso (superlative)

From Japanese 清楚(せいそ) (seiso, “clean, tidy”).

I thought Pekora was a pure seiso girl. How could she retweet this?

i’ve been streaming for a while and i’m pretty seiso. i don’t enjoy top/bottom jokes or being lewd in general although being slightly sexy is okay.

(VTuber fandom slang) Pure, proper, and wholesome, especially in the sense of being non-sexual.


PNG

Portable Network Graphics
Portable Network Graphics#English

(file format) Initialism of Portable Network Graphics.

(specifically, VTuber fandom slang) A spritesheet, in PNG format, containing all sprites used for a VTuber's avatar.

file format; VTuber fandom slang; VTuber fandom slang


googleable

en-adj

googleable (comparative more googleable, superlative most googleable)

more googleable (comparative)
most googleable (superlative)

[N]ews being in the title makes it easily googlable without actually knowing any news websites.

2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 189:

(informal) Able to be searched for or found using Google or another similar internet search engine.

დაგუგლვადი

able to be found through a search engine


YouTuber

(Internet) A user of the video-sharing website YouTube.

YouTuber and sister traditionalist Lacey Lynn commented on this video, extolling Faucheux and Collett because they had “red pilled me and I owe yall so much.

2019, Alexandra Minna Stern, Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate:


Gmailer

From Gmail + -er. Gmail is short for Google Mail.

2004, Sam Tigger, “Hotmail bounces invites from Gmailers”, in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser (Usenet):

If you don't personally know a Gmailer who'll invite you onboard, fire up Google itself and search for Gmail invitations, which should generate results with plenty of sites that dispense spare Gmail accounts...

2006, Sarah Milstein, J. D. Biersdorfer, Matthew MacDonald, Google: the missing manual:

If you do that, the photo appears when another Gmailer hovers the cursor over your name in his inbox or Contacts list.

2008, Nancy Conner, Google Apps: the missing manual, page 285:


quod google

The one thing missing is the interactive lisp shell of emacs; but here too, Larry Clapp (quod google) has written vim and perl scripts for communicating between vim and a lisp (maybe only CMUCL) process.

2003 April 7, Dorai Sitaram, “Re: Lisp development not using emacs.”, in comp.lang.lisp (Usenet):

(Internet) Which one should Google. (Used after a term to indicate that more information on the term can be found through a Google search.)


unGoogleable

unGoogleable (comparative more unGoogleable, superlative most unGoogleable)

more unGoogleable (comparative)
most unGoogleable (superlative)

"We don't know his real first name. He's unGoogleable," Veronica said.

2010, Kristen Tracy, A Field Guide for Heartbreakers, Hyperion, published 2010, →ISBN:


ungoogleable

ungoogleable (comparative more ungoogleable, superlative most ungoogleable)

more ungoogleable (comparative)
most ungoogleable (superlative)

/ˌʌnˈɡuːɡələbəl/

[ˌʌnˈɡuːɡɫ̩əbɫ̩]

The ungoogleable rockers admit that plans for a physical release of Chariot are still very much up in the air, […]

2010 April 7, Celina Murphy, “Don't Feel Like Danson”, in Hot Press:

Incapable of being found on the Web, especially through the search engine Google.


YTP

en-noun

YTP (countable and uncountable, plural YTPs)

(Internet slang) Initialism of YouTube poop.


gmail

(trademark) Alternative letter-case form of Gmail


gmail

en-verb

gmail (third-person singular simple present gmails, present participle gmailing, simple past and past participle gmailed)

gmails (present singular third-person)
gmailing (participle present)
gmailed (participle past)
gmailed (past)


Doctor Google

Alluding to the Google search engine being the surname of a medical professional.

Using “Dr Google” for health purposes is controversial. Some have expressed concerns that it can lead to inaccurate diagnoses, bad advice on where to seek treatment (triage), and increased anxiety (cyberchondria).

2021 March 29, Natalie Grover, “Looking up health symptoms online less harmful than thought, study says”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(Internet, informal) The Internet when used to seek out medical advice.


YouTubular

en-adj

YouTubular (comparative more YouTubular, superlative most YouTubular)

more YouTubular (comparative)
most YouTubular (superlative)

I'm shooting my next film in my living room as I type, and I'll see everyone next week, right here, with another crazy tale of YouTubular adventure.

2008 January, Andrew Struthers, “A Feisty One Online”, in Tofino Time, page 21:

More recently, Spectres of the Spectrum presented another YouTubular conspiracy rant — about fair use and corporate control of media technology and copyright law, also dealt with in his early internet-age Ecstasy of Influence-predicting docu-essay Sonic Outlaws — within the framework of a far-out D.I.Y. sci-fi movie.

2009, Mark, "Mock Up on Mu", L Magazine, 14 January 2009

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the blog where we will find out which YouTubular acts will be moving on into the semi-finals.

2010 August 11, Sarah Kickler Kelber, “'America's Got Talent': YouTube semifinalists revealed”, in Baltimore Sun:

(informal) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of YouTube.

youtubowy

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of YouTube


YouTube poop

en-noun

YouTube poop (countable and uncountable, plural YouTube poops)

/ˈjʉːt͡ʃʉːb pʉːp/

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YouTube + poop, with the word "poop" chosen to refer to the perceived low quality of the videos.

(Internet slang) On the video sharing site YouTube, a humorous or surreal video mashup made of clips from a television show, movie, other video, etc. with visual and auditory effects.


YouTubian

YouTubians, as many of us now refer to ourselves, have started to focus not only on the events of our own lives and the expression of our own views, but on the welcome response of others, from not only around the nation, but around the world.

2006, Andrew Riggins, "Blogging will lead to face-to-face interaction" (letter to the editor), The Arkansas Traveler (University of Arkansas), Volume 101, Number 14, 20 September 2006, page 5

Millions of us YouTubians laughed, out-loud some of us, as we watched a middle aged lady walk into the retaining wall of an ornamental fountain, fall head first into the water, thrash around as if being attacked by piranhas for a few seconds, clamber out and then continue to shop as if nothing had happened.

2011 May, Tony Millin, “Public inconvenience”, in Cardiff Now, page 26:

I took a video and posted it to YouTube, where my fellow YouTubians charitably pointed out I was crazy.

2013 December 13, Del Stone Jr., “Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snap out of it!”, in Northwest Florida Daily News:

(Internet) A user of video-sharing website YouTube.


LMGTFY

(Internet) Initialism of let me google that for you.


YouPube

Recent viewing: Doug Stanhope on YouPube

2007 January 1, Hypodeemic Nerdle, “Festivities”, in uk.misc (Usenet):

just being looking around on youpube etc. jan hammer stuff and the Dx7...god i wanted one of those!!

2009 January 19, Jules, “dragon 32 + freecycle + stupid woman”, in uk.culture.nostalgia.1980s (Usenet):

Patrick Michael Sullivan of Nanaimo kept spamming YouPube links on usenet while owing $226,223.46 to other people

2010 August 27, The Patrick Michael Sullivan UCM Repost Project, “Patrick Michael Sullivan of Nanaimo kept spamming libel and drivel on usenet while owing $226,223.46 to other people”, in misc.invest.stocks (Usenet):

erm you mean arrange your will to include whoever finds your remains to post said video on youpube?

2012 April 30, JimK, “White spirit won't burn?”, in uk.d-i-y (Usenet):

(derogatory, Internet slang) The video-sharing site YouTube.


Noogler

TEMs can view the resume and interview scores of a Noogler and place a "bid" on the allocation. In heavy hiring seasons, there are generally multiple candidates to be allocated to multiple projects. Competing bids are the norm […]

2012, James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo, How Google Tests Software, page 190:

As an experiment, we added a fifteen-minute segment to Noogler orientation for some people that explained the benefits of being proactive, provided five specific actions Nooglers could take to find the things they needed, and reiterated how this behavior fits with Google’s entrepreneurial mindset:[…]

2015, Laszlo Bock, Work Rules!, Twelve, →ISBN, page 298:

(informal) A new employee of the Google corporation.


Xoogler

Older Googlers with families tend to like it less, because "everybody, even young mums, works seven days a week." Another Xoogler, who held a senior position, says that by trying to create a "Utopia" of untrammelled creativity, Google ended up with "dystopia".

2007, The Economist, volume 384, page 58:

As a search marketer, Xoogler (ex-Googler), and now web consultant, I have seen both sides of the “Google fence,” and that has been fascinating.

2012, Brian Clifton, Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics, page 205:

(informal) A former employee of the Google corporation.


BookTuber

Blend of book + YouTuber, equivalent to book + -Tuber.

And last but certainly not least, to all the online book geeks (booktubers, tweeps, and bloggers), my sincere gratitude, as always, for your support and encouragement!

2012, "Acknowledgements," in Daniel Marks, Velveteen, Delacorte Press (2012), page 450

Thank you to the readers, librarians, booksellers, BookTubers, and bloggers who celebrate stories all over the world.

2015, "Acknowledgements," in Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows, Henry Holt and Company (2015), page 464

Booksandquills: Sanne Vliegenthart (yes, that is her actual name) is also a long-time BookTuber.

2015 September, Helga Pearson, “Book Tube: Video Killed the Blog Star”, in Authors Magazine, page 17:

(Internet) A YouTube videoblogger who reviews or discusses books.

booktuber

YouTuber personality who reviews or discusses books


Googlephone

Russian: гуглофо́н (guglofón)

It will be at least a year or two before Android-based smartphones (Googlephones?) reach any real-world consumers, but when they do, Google will probably offer serious competition to Microsoft, Symbian, and the others.

2008, John Ross, The Book of Wireless, page 258:

Will MySpace do a deal with Google to put social networking and music inside the new GooglePhone?

2008, Matthew Fraser, Soumitra Dutta, Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom, page 243:

Among them are the emergence of 3D browsing and the merging of virtual worlds with reality; the use of smartphones and Googlephones; standardized web connectivity in new televisions with 3D technology; spread of e-readers; […]

2011, Charles Wankel, Educating Educators with Social Media, page 91:

(informal) Any mobile phone that runs the Android operating system.


Chromebase

a generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style all-in-one personal computer

all-in-one

a type of personal computer which combines the system unit and screen into one device


Chromebit

The first Chromebooks shipped in 2011, and have since been joined by Chromeboxes and Chromebits headless clients that connect to a keyboard, mouse and display and a small number of all-in-ones.

2017 November 23, Nik Rawlinson, “Should I roll out Chrome OS across my business?”, in IT PRO:

Chrome OS tablets may be the new hotness, but the vast majority of devices that have shipped with Google’s Chrome operating system over the years have been laptops… also known as Chromebooks. But a few years ago we also saw the introduction of a few other categories including Chromeboxes (mini desktop computers), Chromebits (PC-on-a-stick devices), and Chromebases (all-in-one, iMac-like desktops).

2019 February 4, Brad Linder, “Chromebases are still a thing”, in Liliputing:

There are a lot of Chromebooks and Chromeboxes and Chromebits and what-nots out in the wild, but almost all of them are lower spec cheaper models.

2020 January 18, Jerry Hildenbrand, “Steam for Chrome OS would make Chromeboxes even more awesome”, in Android Central:

a generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style picocomputer (a stick that plugs into a screen, the size of a highlighter pen)


Chromebox

You can view a complete list of supported Chromebooks, Chromeboxes and Chromebases below: (followed by a list of devices from various manufacturers)

2016 May 19, Dan Graziano, “These are the Chromebooks that support Android apps”, in CNET:

(computing) a generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style personal computer (this style of PC is the size of a home modem or home network router)


googology

According to googology, Prince Charles is the anti-christ. Look it up.

2001 August 23, Edvins Augusts, “Pete Phoenix, are you English?”, in alt.astrology (Usenet):

Scroll down to 'googology 101' and 'googology 201', searching and advanced searching.

2003 May 21, Chakolate, “Dr. Phil and Menopause”, in alt.support.menopause (Usenet):

and now for some comparative googology […]

2006 May 29, kurt wismer, “Re: Rootkit?”, in alt.comp.virus (Usenet):

(humorous, colloquial) The Internet search engine Google, or the use of it to find out information.


Gaygler

Gayglers include the company's GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual) employees.

2009, Janet Lowe, Google Speaks: Secrets of the World's Greatest Billionaire Entrepreneurs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 161:

(informal) A gay employee of the technology company Google.


Google Doodle

American graphic designer and filmmaker, Saul Bass, has been given a video Google Doodle to mark what would have been his 93rd birthday.

2013 May 8, Luke Howard, “Google Doodle celebrates work of graphic designer Saul Bass with Video Tribute”, in The Independent:

The Quintanilla-inspired Doodle comes after Google's homepage artwork has been criticized in the past for its lack of diversity. A report from advocacy group SPARK Movement found in 2014 that 62% of people featured in Google Doodles from 2010 through 2013 were white men.

2017 October 17, Lisa Eadicicco, “New Google Doodle Celebrates Iconic Singer Selena Quintanilla”, in Time:

Today, a Google Doodle has celebrated the 66th anniversary of the creation of the game-changing institution.

2017 October 18, David Hughs, “Studio for Electronic Music remembered with Google Doodle – why the German institution's 66th anniversary is worth celebrating”, in The Sun:

(Internet) A periodic alteration of the logo on Google's homepage that is intended to celebrate achievements, events, holidays, and noteworthy people.


Jewtube

(Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) The video sharing site YouTube, especially in the context of monetization of videos.


Frightful Five

The companies I call the Frightful Five — Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet, Google’s parent company — have experienced astounding growth over the last few years, making them the world’s five most valuable public companies.

2017 October 11, Frahad Manjoo, “The Frightful Five Want to Rule Entertainment. They Are Hitting Limits.”, in The New York Times:

Both factors freeze out other entrants, limit the number of insiders to one or two, and reduce many outsiders to irrelevance, if they survive at all. Lest anyone doubt the importance of rapid scaling and network effects, the Frightful Five benefit(ed) from these factors.

2017 September/October, Shane Greenstein, “Insider Privileges”, in IEEE Micro, volume 37, number 5:

The major asset of technology's "Frightful Five" - Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple - lies in their ability to synergize user databases with thrid party commerce (MIT Sloan 2017; Manjoo 2017).

2018, Karan P. Jani, Anmol Soni, “Promise and Perils of Bid Data Science for Intelligence Community”, in Technology and the Intelligence Community, →ISBN, page 184:

Imagine that an "evil, tech-phobic monarch" forced everyone to stop using products and services from the major technology companies: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Alphabet (the parent company of Google), a.k.a. the "Frightful Five."

2018, Brett Frischmann, Evan Selinger, Re-Engineering Humanity, →ISBN, page 2:

Overall, the Frightful Five are healthier than ever.

2019, Ronald M. Baecker, Computers and Society: Modern Perspectives, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 367:

(informal) The five largest technology companies in the world: Amazon, Apple, Alphabet (owner of Google), Facebook (or its parent company Meta) and Microsoft.


Elsagate

From Elsa + -gate, after the protagonist of Disney's 2013 animated film Frozen whose likeness often appears in the videos.

Just a few months after the Pizzagate debacle, Elsagate was formed with a very similar playbook: a group of amateur sleuths using open-source intelligence to fight a hazily defined evil threatening helpless children.

2017 December 8, Russell Brandom, “Inside Elsagate, the conspiracy-fueled war on creepy YouTube kids videos”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 2017-12-08:

Videos that are in the Elsagate category are not hard to identify. Typically, they feature Spiderman^([sic]) and Elsa together and are extremely low-budget videos without much structure or plot.

2019 August 2, Sherri Gordon, “Keeping Your Child Safe on YouTube After Elsagate”, in Verywell Family, archived from the original on 2020-03-22:

(Internet, neologism) The controversy surrounding supposedly child-friendly videos posted on the Internet that contain themes inappropriate for children, such as violence and sexual situations.


Googlian

en-adj

Googlian (comparative more Googlian, superlative most Googlian)

more Googlian (comparative)
most Googlian (superlative)


reply girl

(Internet, historical) A young woman who published video responses to popular YouTube videos, often wearing suggestive clothing, in order to exploit the site's algorithms and receive large amounts of traffic.


FANG

The FANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) today are leading the charge, and many of them boast P/Es in the hundreds!

2017, Young Kim, chapter 3, in Surviving the Buy Now, Pay Never Society, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

(economics) Four large technology companies, or (metonymically) their stock: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google.


FAANG

en-noun

FAANG (countable and uncountable, plural FAANGs)

(technology) One or more of the technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google.


Adpocalypse

In response to the uproar, popularly called the “Adpocalypse,” the platform introduced a vague new policy of automated demonetization to appease advertisers, but they drew remarkably wide lines for the AI carrying out these changes.

2017 December 8, Rachel Dunphy, “Can YouTubers Survive the Adpocalypse?”, in Daily Intelligencer:

However, YouTube insists that your content must be “ad friendly” if you want to monetize on it. As of 2019, YouTube has experienced three Adpocalypses, […]

2020, Chandler Wright, Social Media Marketing 2019, page 89:

(Internet slang) A series of events whereby advertisers stopped their marketing campaigns on the video-sharing site YouTube, causing YouTube to introduce stricter guidelines on video monetization.


GAFAM

(computing) Acronym of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, a group of major computing companies.


Chromebook

Technically a Chromebook is just a portable computer running Google's Linux-based Chrome OS, but the majority of Chromebooks are light, inexpensive, relatively modest in computing power and storage, and on the small end of the laptop spectrum.

2016, Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide:

You can view a complete list of supported Chromebooks, Chromeboxes and Chromebases below: (followed by a list of devices from various manufacturers)

2016 May 19, Dan Graziano, “These are the Chromebooks that support Android apps”, in CNET:

Chrome OS tablets may be the new hotness, but the vast majority of devices that have shipped with Google’s Chrome operating system over the years have been laptops… also known as Chromebooks. But a few years ago we also saw the introduction of a few other categories including Chromeboxes (mini desktop computers), Chromebits (PC-on-a-stick devices), and Chromebases (all-in-one, iMac-like desktops).

2019 February 4, Brad Linder, “Chromebases are still a thing”, in Liliputing:

"Chromebooks, Chromebases, and Chromeboxes automatically manage updates to ensure your device always has the latest software and security features," said Google.

2019 December 19, Marius Nestor, “Chrome OS 79 Adds Media Controls in Lock Screen, Mouse Acceleration Control”, in Softpedia News:

A generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style netbook.


zatsudan

(Internet, livestreaming) An idle chatting livestream.


VTuber

From Japanese VTuber, from English virtual + YouTuber.

virtual YouTuber
virtual YouTuber#English


BookTube

Blend of book + YouTube. By surface analysis, book + -Tube.

By introducing BookTube to students studying literature, teachers may be able to inspire additional engagement in both the reading and the reports or other assignments that are based on it.

2014, Marohang Limbu, Binod Gurung, Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization, page 96:

I started my own BookTube channel in 2014 as a way to review books and talk about my writing.

2019, Jen Campbell, "BookTube", in Giles Clark & Angus Phillips, Inside Book Publishing, page 271

Booktube is a small community in YouTube that has exploded during these past few years.

2019, Rose Brock, Young Adult Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide, 3rd Edition, page 30:

The community of book and reading-related channels on YouTube.


virtual YouTuber

virtual YouTuber (plural virtual YouTubers)

From Japanese バーチャルYouTuber, from virtual + YouTuber.

corpo VTuber ― virtual YouTuber who is affiliated with a corporation

indie VTuber ― independent virtual YouTuber

An Internet personality (video creator or streamer) who operates using a virtual avatar, as a fictional or fictionalized character.

虛擬主播

A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character


art track

(Internet) A YouTube video automatically generated by Google, consisting of a track in the YouTube Music repertoire and a still of its associated album art.


BreadTube

Blend of bread + YouTube, in reference to the 1892 book The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin, often considered a foundational text of political anarchism. By surface analysis, bread + -Tube.

Holonym: LeftTube

The community of videobloggers (particularly YouTubers) who tend towards left-wing perspectives.


BreadTuber

Entering into this visibility war requires BreadTubers to build knowledge about YouTube’s algorithms and find ways to mobilize this knowledge in order to facilitate the collective visibility of the community

2020, Kelley Marie Cotter, "Critical Algorithmic Literacy: Power, Epistemology, and Platforms", thesis submitted to Michigan State University, page 8

Contrapoints, Philosophy Tube, Hbomberguy, and Shaun are among the most popular Breadtubers.

2021, Christian Fuchs, Social Media: A Critical Introduction, unnumbered page:

Among the most popular “Breadtubers” is Contrapoints, with her channel amassing an audience of nearly 1.5 million subscribers.

2021 October 19, Terrance Davis, “The rise in class-conscious media”, in The Signal, Georgia State University, page 6:

A videoblogger who is part of the BreadTube community.


Googleverse

(informal) The world or sphere of the Internet company Google.


accent tag

Hence, clearly the search facilities and strategies represent the “nightmare” aspect of trying to use YouTube for linguistic ... Examples include “Accent tag” videos (as in Figure 13, following something like a dialect questionnaire, ...

2016, Elena Seoane, Cristina Suárez-Gómez, World Englishes: New theoretical and methodological considerations, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 276:

There are also lots of examples on YouTube, such as the “Accent Tags,” though they have to be used with some caution since they are self-selected and may not always be the ideal representative of a particular dialect.

2017, Jeffrey Reaser, Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, Donna Christian, Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students, Routledge, →ISBN:

Kelly and the Konglish Accent Tag / Kelly, who usually posts videos about makeup and merch and has over 92,000 followers, took a departure from that genre one day to post a YouTube performance demonstrating her “English” and “Konglish” ...

2020, Betsy Rymes, How We Talk about Language: Exploring Citizen Sociolinguistics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 80:

A more recent source is the accent tag challenge on YouTube.12 It started out as a linguistic data collection project but gained its own dynamics when more and more people uploaded videos on YouTube reading the given word list and ...

2021, Marcus Callies, Stefanie Hehner, Philipp Meer, Michael Westphal, Glocalising Teaching English as an International Language: New Perspectives for Teaching and Teacher Education in Germany, Routledge, →ISBN:

(Internet) A video uploaded to YouTube in which a speaker signifies bits of English dialectal language distinctive to their region.


FAAMG

FAAMG (countable and uncountable, plural FAAMGs)

(technology) One or more of the technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google.


GMail

There is a major controversy brewing around GMail, the “free” e-mail service from Google providing 1 gigabyte of free storage, far more than any other ISP offers.

2004, Paul Greenberg, CRM at the Speed of Light, Third Edition: Essential Customer Strategies for the 21st Century, page 120:

I got in to the oh-so-awesome GMail network courtesy of a friend last week. Now, another e-mail id to look after? That is not exactly convenient.

2004 May 18, Sushubh Mittal, “Google GMail – The Email Experience”, in Search Engine Journal:

Maybe you like GMail so much you want to switch ALL your e-mail to it.

2007, Tara Calishain, Information Trapping: Real-time Research on the Web, page 231:

(trademark) Alternative letter-case form of Gmail


Googlemania

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(uncommon, Internet slang) An obsession or fixation with the search engine Google.


Google is your friend

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(Internet slang) A suggestion that the addressee could learn something using an Internet search engine, rather than asking others.


Googlemaniac

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(uncommon, Internet slang) A person exhibiting Googlemania.


Googleplex

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Blend of Google + complex, and a reference to googolplex (“10^{10^{100”)}}.

Both Larry and Sergey wanted to make Google a fun place to work. Reflecting their beliefs, the Googleplex was decorated with Lava Lamps and painted in the bright colors of the Google Logo […]

2006, Michael A. Hitt, C. Chet Miller, Adrienne Colella, Organizational Behavior: A Strategic Approach, John Wiley & Sons:

(business) The corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company, Alphabet Inc.


PNGTuber

A YouTube personality who uses stylized static images edited onto their videos as a substitute for a facecam.


rantsona

(Internet slang) A persona used on a YouTube commentary video that features rants or discussions on controversial topics.


LeftTuber

The strategy captures a dynamic noted by fellow LeftTuber, film critic Lindsay Ellis, in her analysis of the satire in Mel Brooks’ The Producers.

2018 August 24, Katherine Cross, “The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction”, in The Verge (news), Vox, archived from the original on 2023-02-11:


LeftTube

Blend of left (“left-wing”) + YouTube, by surface analysis, left + -Tube.

More than most of her contemporaries on “LeftTube,” [Contrapoints] has a style; her editorial signature is an unmistakably ornate flourish.


GCal

Caps have a detailed GCal and five-year plan, and yep, they plan those same organization skills to the bedroom.

2022 December 8, Jake Register, “Everything You Need to Know About Dating a Capricorn Man”, in Cosmopolitan:

Abbreviation of Google Calendar: a time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google.


StudyTuber

9/10 of the successful StudyTubers are straight-A/A* students.

2019 February, Rosie Wedge, “Studying”, in Student Life, number 25, page 59:

As businesses have realised that there is a huge audience amongst the student body, many of these StudyTubers have become personalities and shot to small but rapidly growing levels of fame as they share their variety of experiences.

2019 October 8, Ellie Robson, “The great rise of ‘studytube’”, in Concrete, number 367, University of East Anglia, page 11:

As UK schools closed and exams were cancelled, a group of educational YouTube vloggers — the Study Tubers^([sic]) — felt compelled to help their fellow students, writes Amy O’Brien.

2020 March 31, Jonathan Moules, “How remote study is changing business school life: The coronavirus crisis has created new ways to learn and collaborate”, in BusinessDay, volume 19, number 531, page 19:

The lesson here is not that studytubers are terrible influences who intentionally push toxic productivity.

2020 December 3, Basilia Weir, “Studytube: you’re toxic, I’m slippin’ into a panic spiral about my productivity”, in The Glasgow Guardian, number 4, University of Glasgow, page 13:

Many of these authors are StudyTubers who are well known online for giving academic advice.

2021, Jade Bowler, The Only Study Guide You’ll Ever Need, Blink Publishing, →ISBN:

According to The Boar, StudyTubers have emphasized unhealthy coping mechanisms, such as rigorous studying, which cause students to feel pressured about how productive they seem in an academic setting.

2021 September 29, Nicole Mui, “Investigative Report: Toxic Positivity; Selling success: Influencers’ romanticization of school life”, in The Charger Account, volume T, number 1, Leland High School, page 10:

Alternatively, as one StudyTuber suggests, some viewers find the revision tips and university vlogs made by their peers far more useful than online resources “made by someone who graduated years ago”.

2021 October 5, Tom Haynes, “What happens to studytubers once they stop studying?”, in i-D, archived from the original on 2021-10-06:

Students are keen to learn from each other as highlighted by the rise of Studytubers on YouTube.

2022, Bradley Lightbody, Advancing Learning Within and Beyond the Classroom: Resetting Pedagogy for the Online Era, Routledge, →ISBN:

Critics of StudyTube often use the idea of parasocial relationships to take issue with StudyTubers’ attempts at replacing study partners—particularly their livestreams and lifestyle/Study with Me videos—however, this is a misapplication of the concept.

2022 November, Anna-Marieke Lechner-Scott, “Study Partners for Sale”, in Bossy, 8th edition, ANU Women’s Department, page 55:

A YouTuber whose account focuses on studying and academia.


StudyTube

Blend of study + YouTube. By surface analysis, study + -Tube.

If you are not aware of the StudyTube community, there are several channels on YouTube dedicated to studying, with over 100k subscribers, which considering it is a rather new and niche audience, this is a substantial subscriber account in comparison to commentary, beauty and gaming channels.

The only downfall of StudyTube is that it can lead to what feels like productive procrastination.

I find StudyTube an overwhelming place at the best of times but UnJaded Jade is one of the nicest places on the Internet.

2019 September 23, Ella Somers, “Entertainment Guide”, in Canta, number 11, page 33:

Therefore, I’ve brought together a list of my 5 favourite Study YouTube, or StudyTube, channels to help get you into that motivated mindset.

2020 January, Sabita Burke, “Sabby Studies”, in The Spark, Reading University Students’ Union, page 25:

As UK schools closed and exams were cancelled, a group of educational YouTube vloggers — the Study Tubers^([sic]) — felt compelled to help their fellow students, writes Amy O’Brien.[…] Six hours later, the StudyTube Project channel was live.

When schools first began to close, I brought together 18 academics to collaborate on a shared platform called ‘The StudyTube Project’ which sought to provide escapism and education in these unprecedented times.

2020 July/August, Jack Edwards, “Why using social media to share my experience at Durham University changed my life”, in Cuthbert’s Chronicle, number 12, St Cuthbert’s Society, page 11:

I have a confession to make: I have a mild obsesssion with StudyTube. One of my guilty pleasures is watching people plan their productive lives in beautiful bullet journals using pens that are more expensive than my jeans, while I procrastinate my own work.

2020 October 29, Angelina Zahajko, “The 6 Zoom Commandments: A How-To Guide to Surviving and Thriving through Midterm Season”, in The Innis Herald, volume VII, number 1, page 5:

My friend recommended I check out Eve Bennett’s channel, a studytube staple, when I was in S6.

Zimbabwean-born student Vee Kativhu—part of the academic StudyTube community—has vlogged her way through degrees at Oxford and then Harvard, 300k viewers tuning in weekly to watch her write essays, sit through lectures, and revise in timelapse.

2021, Olivia Yallop, Break the Internet: In Pursuit of Influence, Scribe, →ISBN:

She [Eve Bennett] was one of the pioneers of StudyTube and is well-known for her colourful wall of Post-it notes, time-management skills and advocacy of mental health.

Notion how-to videos, setups, and templates are the latest trend in the online productivity subculture known as Studyblr (the studying niche on Tumblr), Studygram (Instagram), Studytube (YouTube), and now Studytok (TikTok), where creators cover notetaking, organization, desk setups, and more.

2021 February 8, Bettina Makalintal, “Why We Can’t Get Enough of Watching Other People Organize Their Lives”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2021-02-08:

Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle speaks to YouTuber Ibz Mo about his student experience at Cambridge, StudyTube and online learning in lockdown. […] Did you see YouTube change over the years? God, yes. When I started it, there was no studytube.

2021 February 26, ““Best three years of my life”: Ibz Mo on Cambridge”, in Varsity, number 888, page 15:

We’ve seen the growth of studytube and studygram as motivational tools and platforms for students to help one another.

2021 March 30, Lucy Fitzsimmons, “PhD with Laura: Trinity geneticist shares the ins and outs of PhD life online”, in Trinity News, volume 67, number 8, page 23:

The unrealistic habits of StudyTube have created counterproductive relationships with audiences to academia.

“The paradox of StudyTube is you make a reputation around being a normal and relatable student. The thing is, once you start making money and having an audience, you’re no longer an ordinary student.”

2021 October 5, Tom Haynes, quoting Jack Edwards, “What happens to studytubers once they stop studying?”, in i-D, archived from the original on 2021-10-06:

Notion has become very popular among the studytube community.

2022 October 10, Sophie Revell, “The Best Productivity Apps for Students”, in Gair Rhydd, number 1183, page 23:

StudyTube is weird. I jumped in, expecting Lo-Fi music and aesthetic bullet journaling tips. In horror, I travelled down a rabbit hole of self-help channels that finally led me to Jordan Peterson’s top tips on being a far-right wanker. I won’t lie, I fucking hate self-help, and StudyTube is no exception.

2022 November, Anna-Marieke Lechner-Scott, “Study Partners for Sale”, in Bossy, 8th edition, ANU Women’s Department, page 54:

(Internet slang) The community of academic and studying-oriented channels on YouTube.


VTubing

While vtubing as a phenomenon has grown sharply in popularity here in the United States within the last couple of months due to Hololive debuting several new vtubers who speak English on stream, it has existed in one way or another for at least a decade, with various vloggers on YouTube or streamers using face animation technology to hide their actual faces.

2020 December 22, Tyler Colp, “The Vtuber Industry: Corporatization, Labor, and Kawaii”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2020-12-22:

Their backs coming up against the wall with every day that passed, the girl—who was sticking to her support role—found out about VTubing, which had only just started showing glimmers of the craze it would later become.

2022, Nana Nanato, translated by Alice Prowse, VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream, volume 3, J-Novel Club, published 2023, →ISBN:

Popular in Asia for some years, VTubing has only recently gained traction in the U.S.

2022 September 26, Ann-Marie Alcántara, “They’re Internet Famous But Remain Anonymous”, in The Wall Street Journal:

Despite the rapidly changing landscape and new challenges, the appeal of VTubing still shines through.

2022 December 24, Patrick St. Michel, “Pioneer’s departure marked new era for virtual stars”, in The Japan Times:

“In the realm of VTubers, there appears to be a concept of a person behind the avatar, but in reality, that doesn’t exist. I am me. I undeniably exist!” Edo Lena said. She highlights the intriguing dynamic of VTubing, where the virtual persona captivates fans while the true identity of the VTuber remains distinct, showcasing how VTubing facilitates a multifaceted expression of self and creativity.

2023 September 20, Benoit Palop, “Virtual Personalities, Real Connections: The Impact of Virtual YouTubers”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2023-09-27:

Obskur, an all-in-one broadcasting application, wants to make VTubing more accessible by letting users create 3D models and interactive environments without technical skills.

2023 November 13, Morgan Sung, “Obskur’s Character Creator and marketplace streamlines VTubing”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 2023-11-13:

(neologism) The act of creating content as a VTuber.


core update

For example, in June 2018 a core update rolled out video carousels in search results, giving the likes of YouTube immediate spikes in their rankings.

2020, Damian Ryan, Understanding Digital Marketing […] , Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 271:

(SEO) A significant change to Google's search algorithms and systems.


powerwash

en-verb

powerwash (third-person singular simple present powerwashes, present participle powerwashing, simple past and past participle powerwashed)

powerwashes (present singular third-person)
powerwashing (participle present)
powerwashed (participle past)
powerwashed (past)

Back-formation from powerwasher, equivalent to power + wash.

(technology) To reset a Chromebook or any other ChromeOS device to factory settings, deleting all data from the unit.


douchetuber

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From douchebag + YouTuber, ostensibly popularised by American YouTuber and streamer MoistCr1TiKaL in the late 2010s.

GUYS!! I'm so pumped for you to see me be a douchetuber in #internetfamousmovie!!

That's why children are so retarded these days. They have no house training and try to repeat everything that a DoucheTuber does. They should ban everyone under the age of 20 from the internet unless it's for school.

2021 May 31, Thunderbolt, Short Stories By Thunderbolt, Writers Republic, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Faze fell off when they pivoted everything to Paul brothers-esque douchetuber content in the content house rather than actually being a gaming org.

2023 September 8, JabbityJibbity, Twitter:

(Canada, US, Internet slang, vulgar, often humorous) A YouTuber who is arrogant, rude or obnoxious; a douchebag, especially one who flaunts their wealth, carries out pranks in poor taste, or engages in fraudulent activities.


MrBeastification

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From MrBeast (“an American YouTube personality”) + -ification. Coined on 30 July 2022 by YouTuber Orr "Pinely" Piamenta.

suffix

YouTube is knee-deep in "MrBeastification."

2022 September 6, dannymcmahon, Twitter:

But I think specifically with MrBeastification, it was really the first time where a thumbnail style and a format became oversaturated on the platform.

2022 December 13, “Year in Review: Analyzing YouTube's Top 10 moments of 2022”, in The Colin and Samir Show:

dream dropping his 45 minute vlog during the peak mrbeastification of youtube

I don’t support the mrbeastification of any YouTubers videos. Videos that are around 20-30 minutes will always be better than these short videos people are pumping out now

the mrbeastification of karl jacobs has started

Due to this MrBeastification of content, there’s this very heavy desire for people to really get caught up in the stats.

2023 December 20, Vaibhav Singh Tomar, quoting Anthony Padilla, ““Beastification of Content”: Smosh Creators Talk About the Impact of MrBeast on the Creator Community”, in MSN:

(Internet slang, neologism) On the video-sharing website YouTube, the trend of videos having increasingly shorter runtimes, larger budgets, faster pacing, louder audio and attention-grabbing editing styles and oversaturated thumbnails for greater viewer retention, especially through replicating the ideas and format of American YouTuber MrBeast.


Zoogler

The recent influx of Zooglers — those are Zurich's Google employees to you and me — has helped the city up the style ante.

2009, Condé Nast's Traveler, volume 44, page 80:

(informal) An employee of the Google corporation who is based in Zurich, Switzerland.


-Tube

(Internet) A suffix combined with a noun or adjective to create a word for a specific community of users or a genre of videos on the social media platform YouTube.


de-Google

en-verb

de-Google (third-person singular simple present de-Googles, present participle de-Googling, simple past and past participle de-Googled)

de-Googles (present singular third-person)
de-Googling (participle present)
de-Googled (participle past)
de-Googled (past)

Murena is in the business of deGoogling Android smartphones in the name of privacy.

2023 September 5, Natasha Lomas, “A closer look at e/OS: Murena's privacy-first 'deGoogled' Android alternative”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 2023-09-06:

(intransitive, transitive, technology, neologism) To remove all Google products and software from (something).


de-Googled

I bought a de-Googled smartphone so Google doesn't have access to all my data.

And some things still are extremely difficult, like removing Google services from my Android devices. To that end, I had originally purchased a OnePlus 3T several years ago with the intention of installing the de-Googled LineageOS variant of Android on it, but perhaps due to a lack of confidence in not bricking the $400 device during the installation procedure I could never quite bring myself to wipe the phone clean of its factory-installed operating system.

2021 September 2, Bryan Cockfield, “Pining For A De-Googled Smartphone”, in Hackaday, archived from the original on 2023-09-23:

The /e/ Foundation's de-Googled version of Android 10 has reached the market in a range of smartphones aimed at the privacy-conscious.

2022 June 2, Liam Proven, “Murena and /e/ Foundation launch privacy-centric smartphones”, in The Register, archived from the original on 2023-09-26:

Murena can even sell you a deGoogled (Google) Pixel which comes purged of the usual Google services — with no Play Store, Chrome browser, Google Maps etc — and running its alternative /e/OS, rather than mainstream Android.

(technology, neologism) That has had all Google products and software removed.


vlogpology

Blend of vlog + apology. Popularised in a January 2020 study of YouTuber apology videos by data visualisation website The Pudding, but attested earlier (see quotations).

fucking RUINED this guy myers needs a vlogpology without hte^([sic]) mask ...SHOW YOURSELF MYERS !

And this is what he was trying to do. A vlog apology. Vlogpology. 👌

vlogpology (noun): when a famous YouTuber becomes embroiled in a controversy, makes headlines, and releases an apology video.

2020 January 5, Arjun Kakkar, Russell Samora, “The Aftermath of a YouTube Apology”, in The Pudding:

My findings also show that vlogpologies are often created when the vlogger is under extreme duress and may be uncomfortable with being told to apologise, which can result in non-apologetic language and seem insincere.

2022 November 5, Bella Sampson, I'm Sorry You(Tube) Feel That Way: An Introduction to the YouTube Vlogpology Genre (Thesis), Auckland University of Technology, page 2:

(derogatory, neologism, very rare) An apology video; a video, typically uploaded to video-sharing service YouTube, in which an Internet celebrity/influencer apologises for, or addresses, public backlash, especially in an insincere manner.


YouTube Pooper

A casual poll featuring several startup founders, computer programmers and YouTube Poopers produced estimates of anywhere from 0.1% to 8% of all YouTube videos falling into the category

2020 March 3, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, “YouTube Poop And The ‘Sanic’ Boom: Digesting The Strangest Slice Of Google’s $15B Video Business”, in Forbes:

...Payes, an enthusiast who has built a community of YouTube Poopers on Discord.

2022 February 27, Malavika Pradeep, “The art of the YouTube Poop”, in Screenshot Media:

(Internet) A creator of YouTube poop videos.


YTPer

mrSimon had a fresh, quick style, was one of the first YTPers of any kind, and was also most likely the creator of YTPMVs.

2019 March 18, [deleted], “What are the most influential YTPers over the years?”, in Reddit (forum):

2020 August 22, [deleted], “[TOMT][CHANNEL][2018]Trying to find videos from a trans former YTPer”, in Reddit (forum):

I just learned my favorite YTPer is editing for SnapCube and doing a fantastic job.

2023 July 26, kozy4stuff, Tumblr (blog):


Poopism

Certain techniques are usually apparent in every YouTube Poop video. These techniques have been coined as ^([sic]) Poopisms.

(Can we date this quote?), “YouTube Poop”, in Remix Culture:

“Poopisms” are the common techniques and tricks used in videos to ensure they qualify as a true Poop.

2016 November 29, Amelia Tait, “The art of the YouTube Poop”, in New Statesman:

Independent of the source material, however, specific editing techniques are what define YouTube Poop. Conveniently termed ‘Poopisms’, the methods include...

Poopism refers to the way these videos are edited. They may contain random chopping, extremely loud audio manipulation, sentence mixing/word splicing, visual jokes, colorful and eye-popping visual effects, and other things all put together to make a video interesting, funny, confusing, or even intentionally annoying. The following are some of the different types of Poopism...

2023 August 24, Travis Boylls, “How to Make a YouTube Poop”, in WikiHow:

Any of the editing techniques used in YouTube poop videos.


PokéTuber

Jubilee’s labor during her live streams is particularly attention economy and self-branding based. She has made a name for herself as one of the most popular women Pokétubers (sobriquet given for YouTubers who create Pokémon content).

2019 August 5, Nicholas-Brie Guarriello, “Never give up, never surrender: Game live streaming, neoliberal work, and personalized media economies”, in New Media & Society, volume 21, number 8, Sage Journals, →DOI, →ISSN:

These PokéTubers have amassed massive followings thanks to their likable personality, knowledge of the franchise, and consistency of quality and quantity.

2021 September 28, David Caballero, “10 Most Popular PokéTubers, Ranked By Subscribers”, in Screen Rant, archived from the original on 2022-11-05:

(fandom slang) A YouTube personality who makes videos about Pokémon.


Abbreviation of subscribe for a subscription back or a similar phrasing, otherwise analysable as sub (“a subscription”) + 4 (“abbreviation of for”) + sub (“a subscription”). Compare follow4follow.

compound

Similar to those who subscribe to everyone, secretly hoping those users will subscribe back, we have the Sub4Sub^([sic]) users. Sub4Sub users blatantly tell you they will subscribe to you if you subscribe to them.

2008, Alan Lastufka, Michael W. Dean, YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 170:

@EdddyyTv I don't get how you're growing so fast? Got any tips? please don't say sub4sub though or i will cry haha

2012 December 30, @AynsleyTravel, Twitter:

Sub4sub doesn't get you any actual viewers. Subscribers are not equal to viewers. You want viewers who will actually watch your videos, and that's what's important. Sub4sub people will probably not watch your channel, just like you probably won't watch theirs.

2017 February 5, u/Asuko_XIII, “Can someone help me understand how sub4sub is bad?”, in r/letsplay, Reddit:

A video maker named Ontus (his YouTube channel name) was a white man who posted a video entitled sub4sub? on YouTube on March 28, 2008. He characterizes the practice as "brilliant" and "awesome" because, if executed widely, it could provide a "launch pad" of subscribers and facilitate meeting new people.

2019, Patricia G. Lange, Thanks for Watching: An Anthropological Study of Video Sharing on YouTube, University Press of Colorado, →ISBN, page 123:

Requesting subscribers in exchange for subscribing to other channels, commonly known as "sub4sub," is a violation of YouTube's guidelines.

2023, B. Vincent, YouTube Hacks: Secrets to Boost Your Views and Engagement, RWG Publishing, page 22:

(Internet slang) On the video-sharing service YouTube, the practice of subscribing to a person's channel in exchange for said person mutually subscribing back to one's channel, often with the goal of artificially inflating one's subscriber count.


Yugituber

Myutants, the new World Premiere Theme, have a solid chunk of their cards revealed courtesy of yugituber Ruggles.

2020 October 21, Deadborder, “[PHRA-EN] Myutants”, in YGOrganization, archived from the original on 2020-11-01:

With Yugituber Reveal Openings now out, it’s time to find out just what’s in the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box.

2022 March 11, Tinker, “[Speed Duel GX Box] The 8 Decklists”, in YGOrganization, archived from the original on 2022-05-26:

Yu-Gi-Tubers provide a constant stream of Yu-Gi-Oh! content, including analysis of new cards and archetypes, combo tutorials, and banlist breakdowns.

2022 September 11, Drew Heckman, “Why Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Fan-Made Community Is an Essential Resource for New Players”, in CBR, archived from the original on 2022-09-11:

(fandom slang) A YouTuber who makes videos about Yu-Gi-Oh!


Googley

en-adj

Googley (comparative more Googley, superlative most Googley)

more Googley (comparative)
most Googley (superlative)

[…] emerging as a leader to whom others look for advice on what is “Googley.”

2015, Laszlo Bock, Work Rules!, Twelve, →ISBN, page 53:

Even as an intern, I was allowed to treat two guests a month to the free food and facilities. No one really cared if you went over; it was an honour system in which everyone was expected to be appropriately Googley.

2020, Wendy Liu, Abolish Silicon Valley:

In a book on management, Laszlo Bock, Google's longtime HR boss, wrote that the company hired for “Googley” traits: humility, conscientiousness, and “comfort with ambiguity.” Being willing to plunge down a slide at work without shame—that's Googley. Being Googley had a motto: “Don't politick. Use data.”

2022, Mark Bergen, Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination, Penguin, →ISBN:

(business slang) Characteristic of Google, especially in reference to its company culture.


anituber

Eight of the world's most popular anitubers (anime youtubers) took their drama off the page and screen and to the chessboard in the first-ever Tournament Arc. The event was won by Gigguk.

2020 August 11, Sam Copeland, “Protaganist Vanquishes Villain In Tournament Arc”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 2024-05-08:

Having spent the past 9 years of my life being a quote-unquote “Anituber” (anime YouTuber) and the past two decades of my life watching every anime under the sun, Crunchyroll approached me to ask for my personal top 30 anime recommendations, alongside my fellow anituber friends Connor “CDawgVA” Colquhoun and Garnt “Gigguk” Maneetapho.

2021 December 8, “RECS: The Anime Man's Top 30 Anime (You Probably Haven't Seen)”, in Crunchyroll, archived from the original on 2024-05-08:

After another AniTuber, Totally Not Mark, recently faced off in a battle with Toei Animation over his own videos and managed to win after a major public outcry of support, it looks like a new legal strategy may even allow Toei to challenge his videos once more.

2022 February 3, Borealis Capps, “Anime YouTubers Face New Copyright Crisis - Fans Call For Geoblocking For All”, in Game Rant, archived from the original on 2022-02-06:

While there are lots of great old anime, it seems that one anituber isn’t a big fan of them. Recently, an anituber came under fire after saying in a new video that he never recommends watching 70s anime.

2022 November 17, Nicolo Manaloto, “Anituber Under Fire After ‘Never Recommend Watching 70s Anime’ Remark”, in Epicstream, archived from the original on 2024-05-08:

YouTube has become one of the centers for fan critics to share their evaluations of anime works. AniTubers are YouTube creators who emerged to focus on anime, anime-related works, and review anime films and series.

2023 October, Kaz Hayashi, William H. U. Anderson, editors, Anime, Philosophy and Religion, Vernon Art and Science, page 51:

(Internet) A YouTube videoblogger who reviews or discusses anime.


Google effect

The tendency to forget information that can be found readily online by using Internet search engines.


Androider

Since Instagram became available for Android users yesterday, a lobby of "but that was OUR app!" tweets are starkly highlighting the rift between iPhoners and Androiders.

2012 April 4, Emily Dreyfuss, “iPhone users: Android is ruining our Instagram club”, in CNET, CBS Interactive Inc., published 2012, retrieved 2020-03-01:


GunTube

Blend of gun + YouTube. By surface analysis, gun + -Tube.

YouTube is awash in gun content, often referred to as “GunTube” by firearm enthusiasts. Individuals who come to GunTube—including children and teens—can find videos which glorify assault weapons, show how to modify firearms, and teach viewers how to shoot through bulletproof glass or “win gunfights.”

2023 May 16, “YouTube and Gun Content: A Dangerous Combination for Kids and Teens”, in Everytown Support Fund:

The community of videobloggers (particularly YouTubers) who create videos about firearms or advocate for gun rights.


Translategate

From translate + -gate. The subreddit r/TranslateGate was created in 2017.

The interesting thing is how many of the chunks of “TranslateGate” translation seem to be pulled from documents online — some are even speculating that it might have been pulled from private messages, though Google has denied this.

2018 July 30, Jess, “Creating Affirmations with a Google Translate Glitch”, in Medium:

The mystery of Translategate lies in the strange responses generated by Google Translate when users type broken letters or words into Somali Google Translate.

2023 April 27, The Forth, “Translategate: Unraveling the Mystery of Google Translate’s Strange Responses”, in Medium:

A 2017 glitch where Google Translate generated strange translations for phrases from some languages.


Chocolate Factory

Humorous nickname of Google, coined by the UK technological newspaper The Register.

The Chocolate Factory has appealed the Epic verdict and also plans to challenge the DoJ's victory.

2024 August 15, Thomas Claburn, “Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious”, in The Register:


lewdtuber

From lewd (“sexually suggestive”) + -tuber.

(slang) A YouTube personality who create erotic or pornographic videos.


-Tuber

Clipping of YouTuber, possibly modelled after VTuber.

Forms agent nouns for YouTubers or similar occupations who have the qualities of the root word.


kaigai niki

Borrowed from Japanese 海外ニキ (kaigai niki, “overseas bro”).

bor+

(fandom slang) Term of endearment for overseas (non-Japanese) people in a primarily Japanese livestream.


tskr

Shortering from Japanese 助かる (tasukaru, “to save”)

(fandom slang) Indicates gratefulness to the livestreamer.