BLOG

blog

(verb) read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

blog (plural blogs)

(Internet) 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) An individual post to a blog.

Verb

blog (third-person singular simple present blogs, present participle blogging, simple past and past participle blogged)

(blogging) To contribute to a blog.

Etymology 2

Verb

blog (third-person singular simple present blogs, present participle blogging, simple past and past participle blogged)

(British, slang) To blag, to steal something; to acquire something illegally.

Etymology 3

Noun

blog (uncountable)

(dated, fandom slang, jocular) Alternative letter-case form of Blog

Etymology 4

Verb

blog (third-person singular simple present , present participle blogging, simple past and past participle blogged)

(obsolete, West Country) To look sullen or sulky

Anagrams

• glob

Etymology

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 (uncountable)

(dated, fandom slang, originally, nonce, jocular) A cocktail or punch served at science fiction conventions. Ingredients vary for different conventions.

Coordinate terms

• crottled greep

Anagrams

• glob

Source: Wiktionary

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