googlish
googlish is the alternative form of Googlish.
Adjective capitalized: Googlish
Googlish (comparative more Googlish, superlative most Googlish)
- Resembling or in the manner of Google.
- 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
- Synonyms:
- Googley
Noun capitalized: Googlish
Googlish (uncountable)
- The result of translating foreign-language text via any of various popular web-translation engines.
- A notional language, not quite identical to English, resembling the result of such translation.
- 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.2003 June 15, “SCO's evidence unveiled?”, in The Inquirer
Synonyms of googlish
Forms of googlish
| comparative | more googlish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most googlish |
| comparative | more Googlish |
| superlative | most Googlish |
Origin of googlish
From Google + -ish.
Blend of Google + English.
Questions about googlish
- What does googlish mean?
- Googlish means resembling or in the manner of Google.
- What is googlish the alternative form of?
- Googlish is the alternative form of Googlish.
- What part of speech is googlish?
- Googlish can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near googlish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: googlish (page history and authors); Googlish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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