Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The set of all weblogs on the Internet.
Wiktionary
- n. Internet The totality of blogs, especially the unique jargons, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection.
Etymologies
- 1999 online nonce, 2002–3 in print. From blog, with combining -o- + sphere, following the pattern of biosphere, atmosphere, etc. Possibly influenced by logos. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Since there is some mild hostility to the term blogosphere, I propose that we rename it Pirate Helltown (Mos Eisley or some other hive of scum and villainy would also do), blogs become ships, and bloggers become writers of fortune.”
“If people use the term blogosphere that way (which I have never seen) then it may be acceptable.”
“I've heard some bloggers say (more like read some bloggers write, but eh) that they dislike the term blogosphere / aniblogosphere but I've never really understood why.”
“But on the eve of their trial, the blogosphere is abuzz with talk of the journalists 'fate.”
Global Voices in English » USA: Journalists to Stand Trial in North Korea
“The chatter in the blogosphere is all about the Restore Sanity/Keep Fear Alive rally that swamped the Mall and the Metro system.”
“Anonsters says: metro11: “treason” in the blogosphere is a far cry from DOJ memos actively pointing to your disbarment.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy
“March 10, 2010, 4: 15 pm yankee says: metro11: ruufles: “treason” in the blogosphere is a far cry from DOJ memos actively pointing to your disbarment.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Contribution to the NYT ‘Room for Debate’ Blog on the AQ7 Argument
“But the blogosphere is also a place where civil discussions can be had among people of widely varying politics.”
“Again, there's a democratizing influence; the blogosphere is the new slushpile, and a retweeting chain that links someone with a manuscript to an agent or editor might pass through three "friends" who barely even know each other.”
MIND MELD: How Does Blogging and Social Networking Affect the Publishing Industry?
“Spreading like wildfire across the blogosphere is the news that The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology series is being discontinued.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘blogosphere’.
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longer new words in Scrabble
these were collected recently
mostly from Chambers and some
from Collins dictionaries.acathisia, acathisias, acentrics, aciclovir, aciclovirs, acidically, acinetobacter, acinetobacters, acrophobics, aculeates, advertizings, aerodigestive and 1320 more...
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Fruits of Linguistic Invention
bananosecond, fruitylicious, appled, kiwiclock, boomorange, damsonic, pearforate, graspberry, squince, datelier, caroberate, plumpire and 143 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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EN - newSPEAK
Buzzwords of our time
actionable, administrivia, advermation, agreeance, backbone provider, back-sourcing, baked in, bandwidth, barn raising, Barneyware, belly-buttons, Below Zeros and 1076 more...
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And the geek shall inherit the Earth
teh, interweb, lolcat, blogosphere, troll, googlewashing, spam, googling, googlewhacking, pwnage, leet, zomg and 12 more...
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New and Unholy Coinage
21st century coinage. Any strange words you`ve seen on TV or heard from irritating young people.
hateration, holleration, chillax, weaksauce, pimpin', hella, meme, blamin, propagandhi, jazzercise, blog, social lubricant and 58 more...
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Spheres
Pneumatosphere, planisphere, empyrean, bailiwick, blastula, orbicle, globose, welkin, almucantar, bathysphere, colure, blastocyst and 46 more...
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Kalli's Words
redundant, munchkin, escapade, natch, boom, fap, geek, nocturnal, pedantic, tactile, conversant, oxymoron and 188 more...
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blog blends
blegging, blogosphere, bloggerati, blogspot, blogroll, vlog, taffrail blog, blogdiana, blogopause, blarticle
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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parody's Words
defenestrate, behemoth, floss, macchiato, glom, emu, alpaca, crocheted, ampersand, charade, conflate, salacious and 193 more...
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Digital Terms
Words come and go, perhaps nowhere faster than online. Some industry terms to stay current -- or to remember as they rest in peace.
tweet, cpm, crackberry, nofollow, brick-and-mortar, page view, double opt-in, opt-in, opt-out, mash-up, word of mouth, ctr and 200 more...
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Xuer's Words
real, xuer, china, shanghai, internet, readwrite, craigslist, google, delicious, flickr, douban, 37signals and 109 more...
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deegee's Words
pay-per-view, vitriol, delectable, snarky, unflinching, forsake, pervasive, inconsequential, unnerving, allure, endearing, unalloyed and 414 more...
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I am allergic to the sound of these w...
Words I can't stand the sound of...
synergy, jazzercise, kudos, props, anus, blogosphere, vetted, misspoke, subfuscous
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Recent additions
Relatively new coinages, or adaptations of previously existing words.
firewall, bioterrorism, bling-bling, bluetooth, bobo, game face, microdermabrasion, metrosexual, microarray, sex worker, stained-glass cei..., stalkerazzi and 99 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for blogosphere.
beautifulpyre Gag. Apr 30, 2009