Someone reluctant, or downright afraid, to use google.com, the most popular search engine on the web. Whether their excuse is one of ignorance, fear, or anything else, this would all fall under the category of googlephobe.
Mick: Hey, I heard they caught a 110-pound coelacanth off the coast of Indonesia. I need to look that up on Yahoo.
Mike: Yahoo?! Man, quit bein' such a googlephobe.
Mike: Yahoo?! Man, quit bein' such a googlephobe.
by President Warren G. Harding July 20, 2008
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"Dude, how many feet are in a mile?"
"You are using a computer to ask ME how many feet are in a mile? What a Googlephobe!"
"You are using a computer to ask ME how many feet are in a mile? What a Googlephobe!"
by Rev. Tim Richardson May 15, 2008
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I want to learn more about Goodyear Tires for my Camry, but I've got Googlephobia about all the ads I'll see from now till the day I die. I guess I'll just go down to Discount Tire instead.
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