warblogger
nounEtymology From war + blogger.
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Internet The writer of a warblog.
- Possibly the most famous warblogger was the Baghad architect, Salam Pax, who logged on regularly to provide eyewitness reports on the bombing of his city.2005, Graeme Turner, Ending the Affair: The Decline of Television Current Affairs in Australia, page 138:
- And when Lileks turned into a warblogger, he made his bones. His audience swelled as Lileks turned tremendous writing skills to the issues of the war and a post-9/11 world.2005, Hugh Hewitt, Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World, page 106:
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- Another notable difference is that warbloggers eventually made themselves heard on their own terms by the mainstream media, which had initially scorned them.2009, Melissa Wall, “The Taming of the Warblogs: Citizen Journalism and the War in Iraq”, in Stuart Allan, Einar Thorsen, editors, Citizen Journalism: A Global Perspective, page 33:
- Hyponyms
- milblogger