googlenope
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5ADJ.
bright, longer
VERB + GOOGLENOPE
call
GOOGLENOPE + NOUN
itself
PREP.
until
ADV.
amusingly, once, once
Definitions
noun
A phrase that returns no results when entered between quotes into Google.
When a phrase cannot be found on Google, I call it a Googlenope. Once a Googlenope is discovered and written about, it is no longer a Googlenope.
Amusingly, googlenope was itself a googlenope, until some bright spark - the writer Gene Weingarten - came up with the word.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Googlenope.
Amusingly, googlenope was itself a googlenope, until some bright spark - the writer Gene Weingarten - came up with the word.
Invented by Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post, googlenopes such as "Laura Bush's secret tattoo" and "The sensual feel of the speculum" are celebrations of the unlikely.
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5When a phrase cannot be found on Google, I call it a Googlenope. Once a Googlenope is discovered and written about, it is no longer a Googlenope.
WiktionaryAmusingly, googlenope was itself a googlenope, until some bright spark - the writer Gene Weingarten - came up with the word.
WiktionaryGene had many Googlenopes on that day: Queen Elizabeth’s buttocks; I believe dust mites have souls; […]
WiktionaryAmusingly, googlenope was itself a googlenope, until some bright spark - the writer Gene Weingarten - came up with the word.
WiktionaryInvented by Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post, googlenopes such as "Laura Bush's secret tattoo" and "The sensual feel of the speculum" are celebrations of the unlikely.
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