While clearing the comments my spam filter thought I should moderate personally after my break, I found a dozen or so with the following sentence, followed of course by the obligatory links to poker sites:

webmaster,your blog is google !

Is this just spam serendipity, or is “google” now an adjective as well as a verb? Oh, and would it still be a positive adjective (synonomous with cool and more in sync with the web zeitgeist) or is it slipping into has-been-ism?

(Yes, I’m back! It was great – and it’s great being home too.)


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  1. William Wend

    Welcome back Jill!

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