~10 years ago I would say “google it” often. But now I don’t think I say that at all, and would say “search for it” or similar.
I don’t think I really consciously decided to stop saying it, but I suppose it just felt weird to explicitly refer to one search engine while using another.
Just me? Do you say, or hear others say, “google it” in $current_year? Is it different for techies and normies?
I have never heard a person say “hoover” as a verb
They said English, but they mean British English.
I also use it in reference to hoovering up a fat line of blow into my schnozz
Really? Maybe it’s a UK thing, I dunno. Very, very common here :-)