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googlebook
/ˈɡuːɡl bʊk/
Definition
1
An informal portmanteau or misspelling of 'Google Books,' Google's vast digital library service that scans, indexes, and allows searching of millions of books and magazines.
2
Slang for the frustrating experience of hunting for book excerpts online via Google's platform, where full access is often just a 'buy it' tease away.
Examples
My googlebook search for 'ancient wisdom' just gave me shampoo instructions from a 1970s haircare manual.
She spent the night lost in googlebook previews, emerging bleary-eyed but 20% smarter—until the paywall hit.
Forget the library; my googlebook is a black hole of half-readable tomes and sneaky ads.
He proudly calls his dusty shelf a 'personal googlebook,' but it autocorrects to 'glorified paperweight.'