Etymology

DuckDuckGo

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Today it means: To search for (something) using the DuckDuckGo search engine. Full definition →

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The story

The search engine website was founded by Gabriel Weinberg in 2008. The name is in reference to the children's game duck, duck, goose.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.