blog
English meaning: Blog
Definition
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.)
Example
“She writes a popular blog about vegetarian cooking.”
Another example: “He decided to blog about his journey across South America.”
Usage — When, Where & How
A website featuring regular journal-style entries, typically informal and personal or topical. Central to internet culture; also a verb ('to blog'). Casual to neutral register. The writer is a 'blogger' and the activity 'blogging'.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
A late-1990s shortening of 'weblog', from 'web' + 'log'; coined as the internet grew, with 'weblog' first used in 1997.
Synonyms
- weblog
- online journal
- web journal
- diary
- vlog
Related Words
Common Collocations
- personal blog
- blog post
- travel blog
- start a blog
- blog about
- follow a blog
Word Forms
blog (n & v); blogs; blogged; blogging; blogger (n)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
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