blog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: blŏg
ipa: /blɒɡ/
ipa: /blɔɡ/
ipa: /blɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
homophone: blawg (General American)
Forms: form: blogs
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old English weorold
Middle English world
English world
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
Old English wīd
English wide
English -wide
English worldwide
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *webaną
Proto-Germanic *wabją
Old English webb
Middle English web
English web
English World Wide Web
English Web
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti
Proto-Germanic *ligjaną
Old Norse liggjader.?
Middle English logge
English log
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bōks
Proto-West Germanic *bōk
Old English bōc
Middle English bok
English book
English logbook
English log
English weblog
English blog
Rebracketing of weblog. The Oxford English Dictionary says the shortened word was coined 23 May 1999 and references the "Jargon Watch" article in an issue of an online magazine which attributes the shortening to Peter Merholz. The form blog is now so much more common than weblog that some misspell the latter as webblog, as if from web + blog.
Senses: examples: text: So you see, the blog has been around since the beginning of the web; that is how basic the concept is. Today's blogs, and the activity of blogging, have taken on more meaning, but the concept of it all is still very simple and rooted in the beginning and intentions of the web itself.
ref: 2002, Biz Stone, chapter 1, in Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, Indianapolis: New Riders Pub., →ISBN, page 4:
text: Have you tried these, darling? They’re tempura zucchini flowers. Japanese-Italian fusion! My own invention. Shall I photograph it? We can put it on our blog.
ref: 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 150:
glosses: A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)
examples: text: This blog was originally posted on my personal site but is reproduced on the forums for greater visibility.
glosses: An individual post to a blog.
Derived terms: audioblog
biblioblog
blag
blahg
blam
blargon
blawg
bleg
blidget
blogaholic
blogathon
blogazine
blog carnival
blogcast
blogcentric
blogdom
blogebrity
blogette
bloggable
bloggage
blogger
Bloggernacle
bloggery
bloggish
blogish
bloggy
blogification
Blogistan
blogiversary
blogland
bloglike
blogmaster
blogmistress
blogness
blognoscenti
blognovel
blogography
blogoholic
blogola
blogophile
blogorrhea
blogosphere
blogoverse
blogpost
blog post
blogring
blog roll
blogroll
blogrolling
blogshop
blogsite
blogspam
blogspeak
blogster
blogtastic
blogware
blogworthy
blogzine
blook
fanblog
flog
gimmick blog
hate-blog
hateblog
interblog
j-blog
litblog
liveblog
live blog
metablog
microblog
milblog
miniblog
moblog
multiblog
nonblog
outblog
phlog
photoblog
placeblog
preblog
rebracketing
sideblog
spamblog
splog
travelblog
unblogged
vagueblog
vidblog
videoblog
vlog
warblog