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blog¹
- /blɒɡ/ Northern England, UK
- /blɔɡ/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /blɔɡ/
- /blɑɡ/
- /blɑɡ/ cot caught merger
- /blɒɡ/ Canada
- /blɔɡ/ Australia
- /blɒɡ/ New Zealand
- [blɔ̟ɡ] ~ [blɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
Sounds like blawg (General American) · Rhymes with -ɒɡ
Where it comes from
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.
noun blogs
- 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.) 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.
- An individual post to a blog. This blog was originally posted on my personal site but is reproduced on the forums for greater visibility.
verb blogs · blogging · blogged
- To contribute to a blog. Blogger Anil Dash summed up the initial reaction well when he blogged his assessment of Macromedia's new blogging strategy: […]
blog²
- /blɒɡ/ Northern England, UK
- /blɔɡ/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /blɔɡ/
- /blɑɡ/
- /blɑɡ/ cot caught merger
- /blɒɡ/ Canada
- /blɔɡ/ Australia
- /blɒɡ/ New Zealand
- [blɔ̟ɡ] ~ [blɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
Sounds like blawg (General American) · Rhymes with -ɒɡ
Where it comes from
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verb blogs · blogging · blogged
- To blag, to steal something; to acquire something illegally.
blog³
- /blɒɡ/ Northern England, UK
- /blɔɡ/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /blɔɡ/
- /blɑɡ/
- /blɑɡ/ cot caught merger
- /blɒɡ/ Canada
- /blɔɡ/ Australia
- /blɒɡ/ New Zealand
- [blɔ̟ɡ] ~ [blɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
Sounds like blawg (General American) · Rhymes with -ɒɡ
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Blog The earliest form we know about composed before Rhysling was blinded, at some drinking bout, and the verses concerned what he would do at the SoLaCon I—if he could find enough blog, a mimeo, and a few willing femmefans.
blog⁴
- /blɒɡ/ Northern England, UK
- /blɔɡ/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /blɔɡ/
- /blɑɡ/
- /blɑɡ/ cot caught merger
- /blɒɡ/ Canada
- /blɔɡ/ Australia
- /blɒɡ/ New Zealand
- [blɔ̟ɡ] ~ [blɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
Sounds like blawg (General American) · Rhymes with -ɒɡ
verb blogs · blogging · blogged
- To look sullen or sulky […]Thee be olweys wother egging or yeaking […] blogging or glumping, rearing or snapping[…]
Blog⁵
Where it comes from
Coined by the Liverpool Science Fiction Society in 1955 at the Cytricon convention held in the George Hotel, Kettering, Northamptonshire. It was used as the fake sponsor of an audio play and fake advertisements were placed around the hotel; an actual drink was later served at the hotel bar after customers asked for it.
noun blog
- A cocktail or punch served at science fiction conventions. Ingredients vary for different conventions. Drink Blog!
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: blogging, blogger, weblog, wordpress, webpage, code, carnet, open, open-ended, pok, hiroshi, placeblog, blogsite, j-blog, j-blogging, blogazine
Translations
Every language
noun a personal or corporate website
| Español | bitácora, blog, ciberbitácora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 블로그 beullogeu |
| 日本語 | ブログ burogu |
| 中文 | 博客 bókè, 部落格 bùluògé, 博落 bóluò, 網誌 /网志 wǎngzhì |
| हिन्दी | चिट्ठा ciṭṭhā, ब्लॉग blŏg |
| Kiswahili | blogu |
| Português | blog, blogue |
| Français | blog, blogue |
| Deutsch | Blog, Internetblog, Netztagebuch |
| Italiano | diario in rete, bloggo, blog |
| Ελληνικά | ιστολόγιο istológio |
| Română | blog |
| Русский | блог blog |
| Tiếng Việt | nhật ký web, trang cá nhân |
| العربية | مُدَوَّنَة إِلِكْتْرُونِيَّة mudawwana ʔiliktrūniyya, مُدَوَّنَة mudawwana, بْلُوغ blūḡ, بْلُوج blūg, بْلُوق blūq |
| עברית | בְּלוֹג blog |
Talk about this word "blog." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blog. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. blog. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blog "blog." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blog.Cite this
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