Googlitis

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noun

The excessive use of, or overreliance on, Google (or other search engines), possibly leading to misinformation or impaired critical thinking skills.

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Meanings

nounGooglitis (uncountable)

alternative Googleitis

  1. InternetuncountableThe excessive use of, or overreliance on, Google (or other search engines), possibly leading to misinformation or impaired critical thinking skills.

    Be careful of Google, though. You can diagnose yourself as having every dreadful disease on the planet with just one sniffle. If I'm being honest, my husband had to save me from being carried away by Googleitis more than once.

    2019, Rachel C. Swanson, Refine and Restore: Revive Your Heart, Release Your Purpose, New York, NY: FaithWords, →ISBN, page unknown

Origin

From Google + -itis.

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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