@levisan I think that isn't far off it's usage where it's become so mainstream, use, embedded that it's become multi-use like a brand that means what it was first known for or broke through the market with / monopolised... for example "Can you Hoover than for me?" where Hoover (Vaccum) is similar to saying Google (Search)

Did I get a trophy for that 🏆 :D 🏆 ?

@freeschool I agree that it isn't too far off (same with Zipper and Elevator) but I think in this case it isn't fair. A non-Hoover vaccum does the job of a Hoover, but a non-Google search engine isn't going to give the same results, so I think one should be specific about which search they want.

@levisan In the world of general use and how big Google it's got, for many people it's Euphemism or substitute so while not strictly true (you're right) for them and for many it works and isn't needed to be precise as they are not in deep into these fields to differentiate even in a grammatically wrong sentence or use. Main thing is that they know know between them what they mean or get it across well enough on that level..,. by the way, what do you use? Have you tried SearX ==> searx.org/ ?