Googleability

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The likelihood of finding something using Google or another similar Internet search engine. informal, uncountable

    "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?"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of googleability. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Example

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"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?"

Etymology

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

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