From 9933121367f3859e8fc5fb87768d350701c74b6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:32:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] google isn't your friend --- entries/GIYF.txt | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/entries/GIYF.txt b/entries/GIYF.txt index e9b4b7c..d7aed6f 100644 --- a/entries/GIYF.txt +++ b/entries/GIYF.txt @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ GIYF -n. Abbrev: Google Is Your Friend. Used to suggest, gently and politely, that -you have just asked a question of human beings that would have been better -directed to a search engine. See also STFW. - +n. Abbrev: Google Is Your Friend. For about a decade Google became synonymous +with web search and this phrase was commonly used to direct people with a +question to Google's site. That was a much more innocent time. These days +Google is no longer likely to be associated with friendliness, especially by +hackers. See also STFW.