Googliath

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proper noun

A personification of Google, a large American technology corporation.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. rareA personification of Google, a large American technology corporation.

    It is time for Google to grow out of its adolescent view of the world and accept that David has become Googliath, and thus a bit suspicious, and that its decisions will shape the digital revolution.

    2010 February 26, Antonia Senior, “Now Google is Goliath it really must grow up”, in The Times, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2026
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    His findings showed that doing some pretty basic queries on Google resulted in his PVRBlog being listed at the very top of the results. He then went on to state that maybe it’s time to instate a new algorithm that didn’t favor weblogs. [see title]

    2003 December 31, Brandon Olejniczak, “Weblogging vs. The Googliath”, in Digital Web Magazine, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2004

    Internet entrepreneur Nick Brummitt got such a bee in his bonnet about paying so much money to Google for advertising that he's set up a new online directory to rival the American monster. […] It appears that even David can't go to battle without his Googliath.

    2009 May 31, Margareta Pagano, “David takes on Googliath for a slice of the profits in the online shopping world”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2012

    David vs. Googliath [section title] ¶ Google is one of the most powerful corporations in the world. A billion-dollar business with brutal market power. The German headquarter is located in the ABC-Strasse 19 in Hamburg. […] A few blocks down the street sits the David ready to challenge the powerful monolith of data.

    2019 Summer, Jay Tuck, “Mankind's Greatest Challenge: Artificial Intelligence”, in The Antioch Review, volume 77, number 3, →DOI, page 452

Origin

Blend of Google + Goliath, after the biblical giant Goliath.

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APA

Googliath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Googliath

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“Googliath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Googliath. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Googliath,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Googliath.

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