Etymology

Ask Jeeves

Today it means: To search for (something) on the Internet using the Ask Jeeves search engine. Full definition →

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The story

From Ask Jeeves, a search engine named after Jeeves, a fictional valet in the works of P. G. Wodehouse.

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