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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

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

Googleblockinforshizzlenizzle 

to party hard;
to party with alcohol
I'm going to go home and Googleblockinforshizzlenizzle

googleflack 

To enter a large number of uses of a phrase onto the Internet to cover an embarrassing previous top search result.
Johnson talked incessantly about red buses and kippers to mask his older remarks with Googleflack.
googleflack by Andysuth September 25, 2019