Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Contemporary (2000–) ·1999
Blog
web log
- Meaning
- A personal website of dated entries, published in reverse-chronological order.
- Source words
- web + log
- Coined by
- Peter Merholz
- Year
- 1999
Background
Jorn Barger coined "weblog" in 1997. Merholz split it as "we blog" in a sidebar joke on his site; the shortened form stuck within months and reshaped the internet.
Contemporary (2000–)
Faster coinage, faster canonisation. Brexit and podcast both reached the OED within a decade of first use — historically rapid. Social media has made visibility, not invention, the rate-limiting step.
Two words, one coinage.
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