Meanings
googley1
- misspellingMisspelling of googly.
I tried to talk to Mum, but she has the googley eyes for Seth and won't hear a bad word about him.
2014, Jaimie Admans, Creepy Christmas
Googley2
comparative more Googley · superlative most Googley
- slangbusinessCharacteristic of Google, especially in reference to its company culture.
[…] emerging as a leader to whom others look for advice on what is “Googley.”
2015, Laszlo Bock, Work Rules!, Twelve, →ISBN, page 532 more examples
Even as an intern, I was allowed to treat two guests a month to the free food and facilities. No one really cared if you went over; it was an honour system in which everyone was expected to be appropriately Googley.
2020, Wendy Liu, Abolish Silicon ValleyIn a book on management, Laszlo Bock, Google's longtime HR boss, wrote that the company hired for “Googley” traits: humility, conscientiousness, and “comfort with ambiguity.” Being willing to plunge down a slide at work without shame—that's Googley. Being Googley had a motto: “Don't politick. Use data.”
2022, Mark Bergen, Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination, Penguin, →ISBNSynonyms: Googlish
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCharacteristic of Google, especially in reference to its company culture.
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Cite this entry
googley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/googley
“googley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/googley. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “googley,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/googley.
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