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Blog Etymology and Meaning—Again
I mentioned that the Oxford English Dictionary created an entry for the lemma “blog.” Now William Safire in the New York Times has a bit on the word “blog, though his is at…
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On the Definition and History of the Lemma Web Log
First, I stumbled across this nifty post by John S. Jacobs Anderson, wherein he declares what is and is not, a web log. Second, thanks to Blog Roots, I learned that the Oxford…
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Warblogs, Tekkies, Journalists
The first attestation that I can find of “warblog,” or its suffixed forms “warblogger, warblogging” is in Matt Welch’s 9/18/2001 3:06 post, where he uses the form “war blog.” Welch essentially defines war…
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Pro and Amateur
Dave Winer and Glen Reynolds posted about a conversation regarding blogging they shared with a journalist. Since the context is not completely clear from their blogs, I’m going to hazard a guess that…