blogebrity

noun — 2 senses

blogebrity

noun

Etymology Blend of blog + celebrity.

1

Internet, Informal A well-known or popular blogger.

It's been quite a turnaround for Hilton, who said that before becoming a blogebrity he had been in a deep depression and last year filed for bankruptcy and was fired from a job at a celebrity weekly magazine.2006 November 6, “Perez Hilton says he's an 'outsider'”, in USA Today:

2

Internet, Informal The state or phenomenon of fame achieved through blogging.

Given that there are more than 80 million blogs out there, according to the Web-tracking site Technorati, with roughly 15.5 million of them active, "blogebrity" is quite a bizarre phenomenon anyway.2008, “Introduction”, in Sarah Boxer, editor, Ultimate Blogs: Masterworks from the Wild Web, Vintage Books, →ISBN, page xii:

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