No "Ungoogleable" In Swedish Lexicon, Thanks to Google 207
jfruh writes "The Swedish Language Council is a semi-official, government funded body that regulates, cultivates, and tracks changes to the Swedish language. Every year it releases a list of new words that have crept into Swedish, and one of 2012's entries was 'ogooglebar' — 'ungoogleable,' meaning something that can't be found with a search engine. After Google demanded that the definition be changed and the Council add a disclaimer about Google's trademark, the Council has instead decided to remove the word from the list altogether."
A paradox? (Score:5, Funny)
I am OK with this (Score:2, Funny)
... seriously, we needed a word for this?
Translation assistance needed! (Score:2, Funny)
Does anybody know how to say "Just for that, I'm going to do my best to genericize the shit out of your precious little 'trademark', motherfucker" in Swedish?
Re:A paradox? (Score:5, Funny)
It probably was until Google made an issue out of it.
What's the phrase I'm looking for here? .......Like some performer that doesn't want her mansion photographed?
Re:Good? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, come on.... you just have to embiggen your vocabulary a little. And 'ogooglebar' is a perfectly cromulent word.
Re:Good? (Score:4, Funny)
Depratumate?
Re:Good? (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps I'm getting old, but I'm tiered of these new fangled words that keep geting pushed into common use.
I'll keep this brief: yes, that is just you getting old.
Re:A paradox? (Score:5, Funny)
A pile of trees...so like a very large bundle of sticks?