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		justincormack on April 30, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An Appeal to Google: Make ".io" a gccTLD Google is not a made up word. Nor is Nike.

andrewflnr on April 30, 2013 | [–]

Actually, "Google" is a misspelling of "googol", which, if I was told aright, was in fact made up by a child.

SkyMarshal on April 30, 2013 | [–]

Ah, a greek goddess, didn't realize that. You get the general point though, I'm sure.

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