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googleblock 

-noun,verb (block-ed, block-ing)

1. Using Google to research a subject and getting sidetracked into forgetting what you were looking for.

2. A condition that is the result of spending too much time on Google.

3. To stare at the Google homepage trying to remember what you wanted to search for.

4. To remove an entry from a search index for political reasons (eg censorship or community requests).
"I have a severe case of Googleblock right now."

"You should bookmark that before you get Googleblocked."
googleblock by Lucky Jackson July 8, 2009
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googleblock 

turning on your computer specifically to look up something on the internet but then, by the time computer has finished starting up & logging on, forgetting what it was you wanted to search for

similar to the experience of writer's block
I waited fully five minutes for the laptop to start up and then I had googleblock, I think I need a latte, or maybe a stiff scotch
googleblock by cosmicdee May 9, 2008

Googleblock 

The term ''googleblock'' first appeared in a Daily Telegraph article on the Chinese government's censorship of the Google index. The original meaning can be found on wiktionary

The term has also recently been used by to describe a writers block while googling, particularly by Irish students. In this context the term is best used to describe being unable to think of what keywords best describe what you are trying to find on google, and as a consequence finding no results.
"I can't find x on google! I'm having googleblock!"
Googleblock by Killian Faughnan January 3, 2008

Googleblock 

When you open Google to search for something but then completely forget what it was you were gonna search for.
Person 1: "Ok then let's just open Google and... hey wait a sec I have no fucking clue what it was I was gonna search for."

Person 2: "Oh dear mate, you have a serious case of Googleblock."
Googleblock by Drahcir14 June 19, 2008

Googlebeck 

Friend 1: hey Jimmy, bet you don't know who the premiership's top goal scoring midfielder was for the 02/03 season?

Friend 2: hmmm I'm not sure ( Jimmy checks google) probably Scholes, Harry kewell and Robert Pires

Friend 1: Yes, all three were joint top scoring midfielders that season, did you google it?
when you pretend to know the answer to something, often sporting trivia, but in reality you have just googled it so you get called googlebeck because you have been googlebecking for so long, you little googlebecker
Googlebeck by mushroom clearance February 25, 2020

Google Block 

turning on your computer specifically to look up something on the internet but then, by the time computer has finished starting up & logging on, forgetting what it was you wanted to search for

similar to the experience of writer's block
I waited fully five minutes for the laptop to start up and then I had google block, what a waste of time
Google Block by cosmicdee May 10, 2008

Googlemock 

v. to feign knowledge or interest in a subject in an insincere or pretending manner by presenting information obtained from Google.

Most often occurs occur during texting, online chat, blog, e-mail or other faceless interaction.

n. the act or content thereof
Frank Googlemocked my love of Mothra and the Shōbijin.

She detected a Googlemock in his e-mail to her.

Just Googlemock whatever subject she brings up and she'll never know.
Googlemock by M. Kruize October 19, 2010
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