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Blog

//blɒɡ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

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.) Internet
"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."
2
Alternative letter-case form of Blog. alt-of, dated, humorous, slang, uncountable
"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."
3
A cocktail or punch served at science fiction conventions. Ingredients vary for different conventions. dated, humorous, slang, uncountable
"Drink Blog!"
4
a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies wordnet
5
An individual post to a blog. Internet
"This blog was originally posted on my personal site but is reproduced on the forums for greater visibility."

Verb

1
To contribute to a blog. Internet, ambitransitive
"Blogger Anil Dash summed up the initial reaction well when he blogged his assessment of Macromedia's new blogging strategy: […]"
2
To blag, to steal something; to acquire something illegally. British, slang
3
To look sullen or sulky West-Country, obsolete
"[…]Thee be olweys wother egging or yeaking […] blogging or glumping, rearing or snapping[…]"
4
read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

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.

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