The Most-Used Commands
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magic
Searches for Magic the Gathering Cards; just enter the cardname
16348 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 15:55:56
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2025-06-09 03:36:09
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http://www.magiccards.info/query.php?cardname=%s
mail
16202 uses
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Created 2005-07-14 12:50:31
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2024-11-13 00:09:21
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https://gmail.google.com/gmail
froogle
(Golden Egg)
Google froogle price comparison search.
16189 uses
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Created 2005-06-06 20:22:24
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2025-05-18 12:10:46
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http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%s
ebayuk
ebay uk search ========== Old implementation: http://search.ebay.co.uk/%s
16176 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 11:44:36
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2025-06-13 06:12:47
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/items/?_nkw=%s
besp
The new format of Babylon to search in english-spanish
16141 uses
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Created 2011-12-15 18:05:17
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2021-04-03 07:31:15
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http://traductor.babylon.com/ingles/a-espanol/%s/
porn
Opens www.pornborg.org
15920 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 23:46:08
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2025-06-16 06:32:26
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http://www.pornborg.org
aur
Search ArchLinux's AUR (ArchLinux User-Community Repository). usage: aur <package>
15834 uses
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Created 2006-09-21 02:29:29
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2025-06-16 13:21:08
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http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=%s
gmuk
Searches Google Maps UK
15804 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 13:16:20
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2025-06-17 00:41:30
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=%s
disc
(Golden Egg)
Search the famous DISCOGRAPHIES website (http://www.discogs.com) Discogs is a user-built database containing information on artists, labels, and their recordings. Discogs is constantly growing as users submit releases to the database. Discogs is short for "Discographies", which are lists of an artist's or label's recordings.
15671 uses
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Created 2005-06-14 21:15:10
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2025-02-26 23:12:48
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http://www.discogs.com/search?type=all&q=%s&btn=Go
nv
this is a command for a Korean search engine Naver. Just type in "nv searchquery" for whatever you want. Unfortunately, due to encoding, Korean words don't seem to work yet.
15569 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 14:53:35
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2024-09-01 13:48:33
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http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%s&x=0&y=0&frm=t1
github
Search for projects on github.com git, home of git repository hosting & general development awesomeness
15548 uses
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Created 2008-04-30 22:09:05
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2025-06-02 23:20:04
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http://github.com/search?q=%s
tw
SYNOPSIS tw [keywords] EXAMPLE tw YubNub Performs a Twitter search using the given keywords.
15402 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 20:34:48
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2025-06-17 09:06:17
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https://twitter.com/search?q=%s
scholar
Google Scholar Search. Example: scholar postcards indiana
15359 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 16:16:57
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2025-05-11 03:02:15
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http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Search
gread
Opens Google Feed Reader. Usage: gread b.a.
15314 uses
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Created 2005-10-07 18:00:12
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2023-12-28 09:39:06
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http://reader.google.com/
ggo
Google search, in English, 100 results.
15069 uses
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Created 2006-03-14 11:04:51
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2025-01-20 04:28:30
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&num=100&hl=en&safe=off
wpfr
(Golden Egg)
French wikipedia search
14550 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 13:58:37
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2025-06-06 04:25:16
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s
ut
the youtube command should be corrected to the above url. i guess youtube changed their search url.
14531 uses
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Created 2006-08-30 06:25:50
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2025-06-09 10:17:33
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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search
ams
Search smile.amazon.com instead of amazon.com (money gets donated to the charity of your choice for purchases made from that point)
14517 uses
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Created 2013-10-30 10:50:22
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2025-06-14 19:03:31
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http://smile.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=%s
bing
The new Microsoft search engine.
14491 uses
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Created 2009-06-01 12:24:49
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2025-06-09 00:36:41
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http://www.bing.com/search?q=%s
netflix
(Golden Egg)
Searches Netflix for DVD titles.
14396 uses
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Created 2005-06-11 19:30:00
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2025-05-28 17:39:25
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http://www.netflix.com/Search?v1=%s
twi
Goes to your Twitter homepage.
14239 uses
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Created 2006-12-09 18:34:52
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2025-04-18 09:59:43
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http://twitter.com/home
yelp
Search for reviews on yelp.com
14189 uses
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Created 2006-03-09 04:03:29
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2025-05-29 16:54:23
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http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=%s
twitter
Twitter Search ---------- Old implementation: eatFeed items[0].title -url http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/%s.atom
14189 uses
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Created 2007-03-27 12:11:37
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2025-06-05 20:26:31
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https://twitter.com/search?q=%s
wd
Searches the wiktionary (open content dictionary) english database for matches for your word(s). For example: wd elephant This will take you to the english wiktionary definition of an elephant: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elephant
14133 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 08:59:30
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2025-06-16 21:27:08
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go
rotten
(Golden Egg)
Search the Rotten Tomatoes movie review site (www.rottentomatoes.com). Search restricted to movies only.
14056 uses
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Created 2005-06-08 20:44:54
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2025-06-10 12:58:19
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/?search=%s[use %20 for spaces]
wikipedia
(Golden Egg)
English Wikipedia search
14043 uses
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Created 2005-06-08 14:33:57
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2025-06-01 12:10:12
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go
f
Filehippo Search (for software). the aim of filehippo.com is to provide the simplest and fastest method of downloading the newest versions of the best software - without popups or spyware. Example: f firefox f google desktop f truecrypt f freemind f foxit Related Commands: fhd
13925 uses
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Created 2006-08-15 15:38:21
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2025-06-03 18:18:28
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http://www.filehippo.com/search?q=%s
bible
(Golden Egg)
Enter the Bible passage (e.g. John 3:16), keyword (e.g. Jesus, prophet, etc.) or topic (e.g. salvation) you want to find.
13684 uses
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Created 2005-06-07 20:16:55
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2025-06-13 14:27:43
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http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=%s
gvid
Google Video Search. A command to search Google Video usage: gvid <videos to search for>
13632 uses
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Created 2005-07-03 09:45:57
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2025-02-03 00:37:35
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http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%s&btnG=Search+Video
gks
Google Beta Shortcuts: browse through google search results with keyboard shortcuts
13564 uses
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Created 2007-05-17 14:17:34
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2023-07-20 17:19:38
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http://www.google.com/search?esrch=BetaShortcuts&hl=en&q=%s&btnG=Search
substring
NAME substring - Extract a substring of a given string SYNOPSIS substring [STRING TO PARSE] -start [START POSITION] -end [STOP POSITION] EXAMPLES % substring Hello World -start 2 -end 8 ==> ello Wo % substring Hello World -start 4 ==> lo World % substring Hello World -end 8 ==> Hello Wo % substring Hello World ==> Hello World Extracts a substring from a provided string. -start and -end are both optional. Positions are *inclusive* and begin at 1. The following illustrates the command's course of…
13496 uses
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Created 2006-06-27 20:28:27
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2022-07-21 02:54:24
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ifthen -value1 ${end} -value2 -test EQUAL -then { ifthen -value1 ${start} -value2 -test EQUAL -then %s -else { strRight %s {sum { strLength %s } -${start} 1 } } } -else { ifthen -value1 ${start} -value2 -test EQUAL -then { strLeft %s ${end}} -else { strRight { strLeft %s ${end} } { sum ${end} -${start} 1 }}}
threadic_last_thread
13489 uses
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Created 2010-08-08 23:54:02
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2011-05-12 05:54:29
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substring {scrape -tokens cgi/%s > -dirs 0 0 -url http://threadic.com/thread/bbs/read.wapl.cgi/%s/} -start 2 -end 11
threadic_post_to_last_thread
13440 uses
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Created 2010-08-09 00:23:54
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2011-01-07 12:27:10
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threadic_post -board ${board} -thread {threadic_last_thread ${board}} -message ${message}
piratebay
search the pirate bay for %s
13205 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 20:20:24
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2025-04-02 01:11:22
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http://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/7/0[use %20 for spaces]
radsum
radar summary for the US from intellicast
13186 uses
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Created 2008-07-05 19:35:36
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2023-08-13 04:05:21
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http://images.intellicast.com/WeatherImg/RadarSummary/usa.gif
gdocs
Opens google docs (former: google/spreadsheets and google/writely)
13165 uses
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Created 2006-10-12 13:49:24
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2025-02-15 21:35:08
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http://docs.google.com/
ghz
geizhals.at/de Die deutsche Suche des genialen Preisvergleichers aus Österreich
13123 uses
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Created 2005-10-29 22:37:41
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2025-06-15 12:15:22
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http://www.geizhals.at/deutschland/?fs=%s&in=
autotr
(Golden Egg)
Google Auto-Translate. Automatically determines the language of the given URL and translates it into English. Example: autotr http://systempuntoout.blogspot.com/2005/06/per-molti-ma-non-per-tutti.html
13086 uses
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Created 2005-06-25 15:50:38
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2025-06-17 08:28:32
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https://translate.google.com/translate?u=%s
fmf
Buscador de peliculas. WWW.filmaffinity.com. Creado por JJ y Pedro. Ejemplo: fmf El padrino
13013 uses
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Created 2009-01-12 11:06:36
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2025-06-14 12:03:14
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utf8to iso-8859-1 http://www.filmaffinity.com/es/search.php?stext=%s&stype=all
/.
(Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS /. EXAMPLE /. Slashdot is "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."
12834 uses
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Created 2005-06-06 00:40:20
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2025-02-12 11:46:08
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http://slashdot.org
urban
(Golden Egg)
Look-up a term in UrbanDictionary.com
12679 uses
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Created 2005-06-07 20:14:43
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2025-05-19 18:43:42
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%s
send
(Golden Egg)
type email address followed by the message to send!
12659 uses
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Created 2005-10-29 02:14:34
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2025-03-31 13:37:26
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http://saraswaticlasses.net/sendmail.php?inthat=%s
ifNotEmpty
NAME ifNotEmpty -- tests if a string is not empty ifNotEmpty [string] [-then action if not empty] [-else action if emtpy] Usage: ifNotEmpty test -then yes -else no Returns: yes ifNotEmpty -then yes -else no Returns: no NOTE: This was created as a shortcut for creating other YubNub commands using this method: http://yubnub.blogspot.com/2005/08/first-command-to-use-ifthen-command.html AUTHOR chicagosage -- using Allen Ormond's ifThen command and inspired by the "ifEmpty" command b.a.
12586 uses
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Created 2006-02-13 16:06:16
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2016-03-31 08:17:27
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ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ${then} -else ${else} -redirect ${redirect=false}
tfd
Search TheFreeDictionary.com
12492 uses
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Created 2005-07-04 11:40:06
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2025-06-15 03:00:54
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http://tfd.com/%s
rand
NAME rand - display a specified number of random numbers in a specified range, courtesy of random.org SYNOPSIS rand -min <min value = 1> -max <max value = 100> -num <how many to generate = 1> EXAMPLE rand 49 rand -min 1998 -max 2005 rand -num 5 -max 20 AUTHOR Richard Frankel
12394 uses
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Created 2005-07-19 19:36:33
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2025-05-19 10:47:58
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http://jonathanaquino.com/random.php?num=${num=1}&min=${min=1}&max=%s${max}&col=1
gdef
Performs a "Google Define:" command which gets definitions of the word(s) you've submitted
12392 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 18:20:57
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2025-06-13 15:08:55
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http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+%s
moochbk
Go directly to a book page on bookmooch. An ISBN is required. BookMooch (www.bookmooch.com) is a community for exchanging used books. usage: moochbk <ISBN>
12389 uses
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Created 2007-05-25 21:12:16
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2022-03-26 07:44:19
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http://www.bookmooch.com/detail/%s
bins
Search Binsearch.info with maximum results and maximum age for usenet binary posts.
12341 uses
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Created 2006-04-21 18:55:19
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2021-09-29 11:37:48
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http://binsearch.info/?q=%s&max=250&adv_age=&server=
phentermine
Buy Diet Pills Online.
12218 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 23:51:44
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2012-11-24 08:37:47
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http://www.quickrxdirect.com/phentermine.html
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