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title: Google on Word Spy top 100
date: "2003-02-27T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 956
description: I noticed Google reached the top of Word Spy's top 100 words list, likely spurred by the company's public request for people to stop using their brand name as a generic verb.
keywords: [google, word spy, verbification, branding, trademark, linguistics]
---

[Word Spy's top 100 words](http://www.wordspy.com/topwords.asp) has Google on top right now, probably because [Google asked them not to verbify them](http://rss.com.com/2009-1088-984352.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news).