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"Google" is older than "googol", and appears to have been a mixture of "goofy" and "ogle", referring to crazily wandering eyes. It certainly entered popular culture with the Snuffy Smith/Barney Google cartoons, so Google (the company) can't claim coinage.


lol I had no idea, nice!




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