~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?
My household is on a mission to make “websing” the word, as short for web searching. “I’ll have to webs that!” is just really funny to us… and works in German, too! “Das sollten wir mal websen.”
it’s not caught on yet outside, but we remain hopeful.