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  • noun Internet A microblog on the Tumblr microblogging service.

Etymologies

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tumble +‎ log

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Examples

  • The Tumblr name stems from tumblelog, which is a short-form mixed-media blog.

    The $800 Million Formula: Slim Sales, a Goofy Name Spencer E. Ante 2011

  • The name stems from tumblelog, which is a short-form mixed-media blog.

    Tumblr Valued at $800 Million Spencer E. Ante 2011

  • It's a blog genre I hadn't heard about known as a tumblelog or tlog.

    Tumbling Bruce Schauble 2008

  • It's a blog genre I hadn't heard about known as a tumblelog or tlog.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Bruce Schauble 2008

  • A tumblelog is a blog stripped of all the non-essential stuff: no categories, no comments, no monthly archives, no fancy layouts, widgets.

    Finally Getting Tumblr — Climb to the Stars 2007

  • A tumblelog is a blog stripped of all the non-essential stuff: no categories, no comments, no monthly archives, no fancy layouts, widgets.

    2007 September — Climb to the Stars 2007

  • (Saying influenced by Sally Linden.) little Tumblr "tumblelog" to quickly clip ideas I think are worth passing on.

    Torley Lives 2009

  • By the time Mr. Karp was 19, a new word had entered the lexicon: "tumblelog," which referred to short-form blogging.

    We Blog A Lot 2008

  • Pretty Foods & Pretty Drinks is a tumblelog that posts food imagery based on one selection criterion: it has to be pretty.

    KN | Kitsune Noir » Pretty Foods 2010

  • He also blogs at the game/story outfit, Gameplaywright, at his home venue, The Gist, and at a tumblelog, the Word Studio Notebook.

    My Spur-of-the-Moment Chapbook 2009

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