search-fu

English

Etymology

From search +‎ -fu (suffix indicating expertise or mastery).

Noun

search-fu (uncountable)

1. (informal) Synonym of Google-fu.
   • 2008, Macworld: The Macintosh Magazine - Volume 25, Issues 1-6, page 128:

     You can do compound searches, as well as calculations and other search-fu.

   • 2017 June 1, Andrew Kenney, “Why there’s a Frederic Remington bronze sculpture in a Denver parking lot: A guide to pointless investigations”, in Denverite:

     When it comes to hyper-local oddities, your search-fu has got to be powerful.

   • 2018 March 22, Colby Cosh, “Former area man receives one million dollars for mathematical awesomeness”, in National Post:

     It has never, if my search-fu is any good, hitherto appeared in the pages of the National Post.

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• Fauchers