Googlish

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The result of translating foreign-language text via any of various popular web-translation engines. informal, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Googlish. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  3. 3
    A notional language, not quite identical to English, resembling the result of such translation. informal, uncountable

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or in the manner of Google. Internet, informal

    "This is the Googlish way to do directory services."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Googlish. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms
googley

Example

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"This is the Googlish way to do directory services."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Google + -ish.

Etymology 2

Blend of Google + English.

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