~10 years ago I would say “google it” often. But now I don’t think I say that at all, and would say “search for it” or similar.
I don’t think I really consciously decided to stop saying it, but I suppose it just felt weird to explicitly refer to one search engine while using another.
Just me? Do you say, or hear others say, “google it” in $current_year? Is it different for techies and normies?
I’ve been trying to say “search online” or “websearch” for the past year or two.
Now that you’ve got me thinking about this, I wonder if there are any journalist style guides that cover this. That’s often an interesting reference point for what people are saying versus an attempt at more objective way.