Google It

A quick update on English usage. We all know the noun Google is a search engine. It's been around a long time and is one of the better devices on the internet. But the use of the noun googol as a verb, as in "I did google her" has become so prevalent that it is now no longer considered slang.
Yep! It's ok for us to use google as a verb. Yesterday distinguished and long time dictionary 'Merriam Webster' announced that it is including Google/google in all subsequent dictionaries both as a noun and verb. The noun will still be capitalized Google and the verb google spelled in lower case. This is something of a lesson in the entomology of words, as the noun (Google) quickly developed into a recognized verb (google) because....well.....everyone has been using it that way.
So in effect, it really doesn't matter whether the word is included in a dictionary. The Internet is so powerful and Google used so often that Internet users will keep alive the verb google through constant practical use of the term. My guess is the verb googol will not last, because the search engine itself will one day die. When that happens it will be impossible to google anyone or anything, but another noun, the name of a new and more popular search engine, may take the place of google.
I think the power of the Internet is shown by how quickly Google and google have become widely understood and used world-wide in any language. Anyway, with all the technological innovations verbs are popping up everywhere from their original noun origins...as in, "Did 'google'or 'xerox' the information."
From the "She Must Have Really Been Hungry" department is news that an unnamed 43 year old woman from Can Tho City, Vietnam apparently has been eating nails. Physicians h there removed 119 nails, many of them rusty, from the woman's stomach after finding them in X rays and scans of her tummy. The nails were each about 3 inches long. Doctors said the rust means they must have been in her stomach for months, but apparently did no damage other than leaving a few scratches.
The woman will be discharged, but it is unlikely any of her dinner party invitations will be accepted any time soon.