What do 'bathetic weasels,' 'gusseted hobbits' and 'zoroastrian chipmunks' have in common? Rather than being characters in some new work of science fiction, they are examples of a craze that has taken the internet by storm.
Take two obscure and unrelated words, type them into the oogle search bar and if the result is a solitary web page you have found a googlewhack.
Googlewhacking, the search for 'Result 1-1 of 1' on the internet's favourite search engine, has become a pastime for everyone from bored office workers to lexicographers and even Nasa scientists.
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Posted at 4:38AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Susie Shales and Jo Higgins