googley

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7

Definition of googley

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of googly.
    “I tried to talk to Mum, but she has the googley eyes for Seth and won't hear a bad word about him.”
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adj

  1. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of googly.
    “I tried to talk to Mum, but she has the googley eyes for Seth and won't hear a bad word about him.”
  2. (slang)Characteristic of Google, especially in reference to its company culture.
    “[…] emerging as a leader to whom others look for advice on what is “Googley.””
    “Even as an intern, I was allowed to treat two guests a month to the free food and facilities. No one really cared if you went over; it was an honour system in which everyone was expected to be appropriately Googley.”
    “In a book on management, Laszlo Bock, Google's longtime HR boss, wrote that the company hired for “Googley” traits: humility, conscientiousness, and “comfort with ambiguity.” Being willing to plunge down a slide at work without shame—that's Googley. Being Googley had a motto: “Don't politick. Use data.””

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Etymology

From Google + -y.

Anagrams of googley

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