English Explanatory Dictionary

tumblelog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A microblog, especially one on the Tumblr microblogging service.

Word forms

tumblelog tumblelogs

Etymology

From tumble + log, an early term for microblog, coined by Jonathan Gillette in 2005, based on the tagline of Leah Neukirchen's Anarchaia blog (“experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin’”).

Derived words

Tumblr
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