English Explanatory Dictionary

blog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.)
  2. An individual post to a blog.
verb
  1. To contribute to a blog.
verb
  1. To blag, to steal something; to acquire something illegally.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Blog.
verb
  1. To look sullen or sulky
noun
  1. A cocktail or punch served at science fiction conventions. Ingredients vary for different conventions.

Pronunciation

blŏg /blɒɡ/ /blɔɡ/ /blɑɡ/ en-us-blog.ogg

Word forms

blog blogs blogging blogged

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, as if it means we blog. 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.

Derived words

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 rock blog roll blogroll blogrolling blogshop blogsite blogspam blogspeak blogster blogtastic blogware blogworthy blogzine blook
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