So, apparently something exists called "GoogleWhacking" (It's not as dirty as it sounds - I promise:) ), and it has been around for awhile - where have I been?!
Trina introduced it to us this morning, and even though I technically wasn't scheduled to be on the ref desk at that time, I couldn't help lurking around trying different word combinations to produce a successful GoogleWhack (hehe, ok I just like saying it at this point!).
Anyways, to GoogleWhack, you use two words (without boolean operators, quotation marks, etc.) and you try to retrieve only ONE result in a Google search. Checkout the webpage:
http://www.googlewhack.com/
Be sure to check out the GW rules, and The Whack Stack to see the funny combinations others have come up with: us staffers agreed that the best Whacks in the Stack are those that have definitions attached to the word combinations:)
I did a semi-successful GoogleWhack, but when we tried to register it, it wouldn't work :( The search terms were the following: callipygous koshka. Google retrieved one result, but according to the rules, the search terms were a no-go.
Check out the rules here (they're pretty funny!):
http://www.googlewhack.com/rules.htm
As an unintended result, the Callipygous Koshka search brought up a REALLY great website : a whole list of really fun words to say:) http://www.savefarscape.com/forums/printthread.php?t=24453&pp=40
Enjoy! :)
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