What is Googleblock?
1.
-noun,verb (block-ed, block-ing)
1. Using Google to research a subject and getting sidetracked into forgetting what you were looking for.
2. A condition that is the result of spending too much time on Google.
3. To stare at the Google homepage trying to remember what you wanted to search for.
4. To remove an entry from a search index for political reasons (eg censorship or community requests).
"I have a severe case of Googleblock right now."
"You should bookmark that before you get Googleblocked."
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2.
turning on your computer specifically to look up something on the internet but then, by the time computer has finished starting up & logging on, forgetting what it was you wanted to search for
similar to the experience of writer's block
I waited fully five minutes for the laptop to start up and then I had googleblock, I think I need a latte, or maybe a stiff scotch
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3.
When you open Google to search for something but then completely forget what it was you were gonna search for.
Person 1: "Ok then let's just open Google and... hey wait a sec I have no fucking clue what it was I was gonna search for."
Person 2: "Oh dear mate, you have a serious case of Googleblock."
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The term ''googleblock'' first appeared in a Daily Telegraph article on the Chinese government's censorship of the Google index. The original meaning can be found on wiktionary
The term has also recently been used by to describe a writers block while googling, particularly by Irish students. In this context the term is best used to describe being unable to think of what keywords best describe what you are trying to find on google, and as a consequence finding no results.
"I can't find x on google! I'm having googleblock!"
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