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!
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!"
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