GIYF

English

Alternative forms

• giyf

Interjection

GIYF

1. (Internet slang, initialism, abbreviation, text messaging) Google is your friend: a suggestion that somebody could find something out using an Internet search engine, rather than asking others.

Translations

Abbreviation of Google is your friend

• Esperanto: GEVA (Guglo estas via amiko)
• German: GIDF
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ggrks (ググれカス gugure kasu)

See also

• JFGI
• FGI
• STFW
• LMGTFY

References

• Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (2003 December 29), “GIYF”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.