Why do people say "google it" or "I googled it", but they do not say "dictionary it" or "I Encyclopediad it." I know this is a silly question, but I thought it might start a cool discussion.

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anonymous · Answer

Perhaps "google it" caught on as a verb because it is sort of fun to say. It is a catchy phrase. "I dictionaried it" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

anonymous · Answer

Also, the internet revolution of communication and knowledge sharing brought with it a host of new words, and it just sort of seems permissible to invent new words to explain the new things we are able to do with the technology.

anonymous · Answer

It does make sense to me that new words are invented to describe new things. I think you are dead on when you say " it is a catchy phrase." I just realized no one says "yahoo it" haha. I wonder what makes some phrases feel catchy. I am sure what feels right to say in English is different depending on your native tongue.  Children don't feel weird saying things like "gooder", because they are just following logic.