Google Groupie

English

Etymology

From Google Groups +‎ -ie.

Noun

Google Groupie (plural Google Groupies)

  1. (Internet, historical, informal) One who uses Google Groups. [from 2001]
    Synonym: Google Grouper
    • 2001 December 27, Mac Innes, “20.000 free pictures - No Bullshit - It's free....”, in alt.celebrities‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 December 2025:
      Hi Google groupies,[sic] / We have launced a new site and yes it's FREE!!!
    • 2002 May 20, Pete Biggs, “New Statesmen”, in uk.rec.cycling‎[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 December 2025:
      > > I prefer not to use these shortened links for various reasons.
      > What are they? I'm curious, as shortened links seem quite useful.
      I suppose one reason might be that they could stop working at some point in the future - if the forwarding service goes out of business or malfunctions. This would then make the links useless for future surfers/Google Groupies.
    • 2002 December 19, Phabled1, “Question 'bout Preexistance”, in alt.religion.mormon‎[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 December 2025:
      Howdy Google Groupies! in case it is not obvious, this is my first attempt at posting a message here, so don't be too hard on me :-)
    • 2024 February 11, Auric__, “BG2 Spell Checklist sheets (Excel) - bg2spells.xls (0/1)”, in alt.games.baldurs-gate‎[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 December 2025:
      And FFS don't reply to a ***23-YEAR-OLD*** post. Damn Google Groupies.
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