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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Googlegänger - Do you have one?




Googlegänger


Googlegänger
was nominated for word of the year 2007 organized by the American Dialect Society
. Basically, a Googlegänger is a person who shares the same identical name as you when you google your own name. Try it out to now to find out if you have a Googlegänger!





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Urban Dictionary defines it as:

Similar to that of a doppleganger, it is another individual with the same name as you whose records and/or stories are mixed in with your own when you Google yourself.

"Hey, I just googled my name and found that I have three googlegangers!"

A person who shares your name-- You find your googleganger by self-googling. The term comes from combining "Google" with the German expression, "Doppelganger."

"I got curious and googled myself last night-- and found a porn actress with my name! I can't believe my googleganger is a porn star!"


I found out I had a Googlegänger in Singapore! Turns out my Googlegänger is a pretty successful guy =p

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