site:ngrams.googlelabs.com

a tool by google that shows the frequency of a words use in literature year by year. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/ 5 comments 22/9/2011 linguistics

The movement from morals to ethics. But why? Is it better? What is the real difference? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=ethics%2Cmorals&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 12 comments 13/8/2011 philosophy

Is there a term for a word that is only ever used in a specific phrase? (crossposted from answers) http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=ulterior%2C+ulterior+motive&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 10 comments 30/5/2011 linguistics

Compare word occurrence trends in a huge bank of books authored over 2 centuries http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=vagina%2C+penis&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 7 comments 31/1/2011 technology

Graphing 'never,gonna,give,you,up' in the Ngram Viewer. Well played Google, well played... http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=never%2Cgonna%2Cgive%2Cyou%2Cup&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 6 comments 9/1/2011 reddit.com

fill in the blank. "________ is a red herring." http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=terrorism,communism&year_start=1920&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=2 10 comments 26/12/2010 politics

The word 'fucker' seems to have been quite popular from 1800-1810, then wanes in its popularity, then practically vanishes until 1940. Why!? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=fucker&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 13 comments 25/12/2010 linguistics

(Google Ngram) Amazing: whatever happens to Marx, repeats itself with Freud 15-20 years later http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=freud%2Cmarx&year_start=1867&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 15 comments 23/12/2010 philosophy

Could somebody *please* explain this? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=Open+Source&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=0 24 comments 20/12/2010 opensource

Is this a data error? Why did no one read Aristotle prior to the French Revolution? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=plato,aristotle&year_start=1700&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=6 9 comments 19/12/2010 philosophy

Google Ngram on the rise of American spelling http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=color%2Ccolour%2C+defense%2C+defence&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 18 comments 19/12/2010 linguistics

I sat here eating a Banana when Google gave me a perspective on how new a lot of the things we surround us with is http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=banana&year_start=1500&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 27 comments 19/12/2010 history

Stallman notes that the misleading term “intellectual property” is a recent invention. Google Ngram illustrates this point. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=intellectual+property&year_start=1900&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=0 43 comments 19/12/2010 linux

TIL that Reddit enjoys a 10-year spurt in popularity every 100 years and the next peak should be around 2020. (WTF??) http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=reddit&year_start=1810&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 8 comments 18/12/2010 reddit.com

Why was "fuck" so prevalent? Was it not as bad as it is today? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=fuck&year_start=1560&year_end=2001&corpus=0&smoothing=3 4 comments 18/12/2010 reddit.com

What happened in 1926? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=verily%2Cpenis&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 12 comments 18/12/2010 history

Let's Share Interesting Ngrams http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/chart?content=queen,president&corpus=0&smoothing=0&year_start=1800&year_end=2000 15 comments 18/12/2010 reddit.com

They called it "hemp" for centuries. Then, Nylon was invented and the more pejorative names became more common. (corrected) http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=marihuana%2Cmarijuana%2Chemp%2Cnylon&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 7 comments 18/12/2010 reddit.com

What happened here in 1952? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=reddit&year_start=1920&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=1 3 comments 17/12/2010 reddit.com

Huh. Someone want to try to explain this one? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=spock&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 5 comments 17/12/2010 reddit.com

TIL although Reddit saw somewhat of a brief comeback in the 1920's, its popularity will never recover to the levels it experienced circa 1810. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=reddit&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 3 comments 17/12/2010 reddit.com

As much as it pains me, Google has finally proved John Lennon wrong. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=jesus%2Cbeatles&year_start=1960&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 14 comments 17/12/2010 reddit.com

Google Books Ngram Viewer shows that postmodernism is in its demise (at least as a topic of interest in contemporary literature) http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=postmodernism&year_start=1960&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 23 comments 17/12/2010 philosophy

Google did it again! Type in a word or phrase in one of seven languages and see how its usage frequency has been changing throughout the past few centuries. Addictive is an understatement. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/ 779 comments 17/12/2010 science

Use Google Books Ngram Viewer to map word frequency over time http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=ruby,python,php,java&year_start=1990&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 9 comments 17/12/2010 programming

So which one of you is the time traveler? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=reddit&year_start=1930&year_end=2000 3 comments 17/12/2010 reddit.com

Apparently the word "Reddit" was used quite often in books in the 1950s. Anyone know what it means/why? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=reddit&year_start=1910&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 5 comments 17/12/2010 reddit.com

Can anyone please explain this? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=ever%2Calways&year_start=1920&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 5 comments 17/12/2010 books

This is bloody awesome. Type in a word or phrase in one of seven languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Hebrew, Russian, Chinese) and see how its usage frequency has been changing throughout the past few centuries. Addictive. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=fuck&year_start=1600&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 184 comments 16/12/2010 technology

Anyone know what happened in 1950? http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=reddit&year_start=1920&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 4 comments 16/12/2010 reddit.com

Google Labs tool charts word usage over time. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/ 90 comments 16/12/2010 books