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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The set of all blogs on the Internet along with those who compile them and comment upon them, viewed as an interconnected community or as a phenomenon.

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  • noun Internet The totality of blogs, especially the unique jargons, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[On the model of atmosphere, stratosphere, etc.]

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1999 online nonce, 2002–3 in print. From blog, with combining -o- + sphere, following the pattern of biosphere, atmosphere, etc. Possibly influenced by logos.

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