Merriam-Webster Updates Dictionary: Google Now Officialy a Verb

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Friday, July 7, 2006; 07:30 AM

Webster OnLine (http://www.merriam-webster.com/) has posted a sample of the nearly 100 neologisms that have won entry into the 2006 update of America's best-selling dictionary. Many of these new entries come from the fields of science and technology -- mouse potato is joined by ringtone (n: the sound made by a cell phone to signal an incoming call); spyware (n: software that is installed in a computer without the user's knowledge and transmits information about the user's computer activities over the Internet); and biodiesel (n: a fuel that is similar to diesel fuel and is derived from usually vegetable sources). The sample list also reveals new words from pop culture (soul patch), business and industry (agritourism), and medicine (avian influenza).

A notable inclusion is the verb "to google," meaning, you guessed it, to search for information on the Internet, using a popular search engine.