Etymology 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.
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BloggingInternet, Ambitransitive 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: […]2002, Biz Stone, Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, Indianapolis: New Riders Pub., →ISBN, page 163:
I hadn’t blogged myself, because I thought I had nothing to say. After 9/11, I did. So I planned to write the blog for a few weeks, until I ran out of memories.2009, Jeff Jarvis, What would Google do?, New York: HarperLuxe, →ISBN, page 40:
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.
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LifestyleDated, Humorous, Slang A cocktail or punch served at science fiction conventions. Ingredients vary for different conventions.
Drink Blog!1955, Liverpool Science Fiction Society, advertisement hung by hotel bar
"Why, we've got the greatest defense of all, right here," said the Lion. "We can all drink a little Blog, and hoaxes won't affect us. After all, Blog cures everything, from gafia to snake-bites."1959, Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The Witch”, in The BNF of Iz, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2013:
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The waitress sized me up and evidently my aura met with her approval because she came over, smiled the smile of professional waitresses and left a mimeographed drink list. I had no time to be surprised by the list, which included selections such as Xeno, Blog, Grog, Nuclear Fizzes, "Smoooooth" Jack Daniels, India Pale Ale and Bheer (Home Brew 25¢ extra) because it was at this point that my old friend Ichabod wandered up.1981 November, Rich Brown, “Up Here in the Dream Nickle”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 7, page 9:
That doesn't explain why I haven't seen anyone objectionably drunk at Minicons over the past five or six years. There's generally kegs of three or more different and excellent micro-brewery beers in the consuite, along with Blog (which is alcoholic by definition, when unmodified), and other alcoholic drinks are available at a dozen or more of the open room parties.1997 February 23, Don Fitch, “Fan Drinking (Was Re: The Death of the SF Bestseller?...)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <19970223083900.DAA05871@ladder02.news.aol.com>:
Etymology 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.
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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.)
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.2002, Biz Stone, chapter 1, in Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, Indianapolis: New Riders Pub., →ISBN, page 4:
Have you tried these, darling? They’re tempura zucchini flowers. Japanese-Italian fusion! My own invention. Shall I photograph it? We can put it on our blog.2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 150: