Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Contemporary (2000–) ·2000
Vlog
video blog
- Meaning
- A blog in video form — typically a personality-led YouTube channel.
- Source words
- video + blog
- Coined by
- Adrian Miles
- Year
- 2000
Background
Miles coined the word in an academic paper, but YouTubers made it a career category. Vlogmas (vlog + Christmas) and vlogspert (vlog + expert) branched off from it.
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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