blogosphere

What it means

1. InternetThe totality of blogs, especially the unique jargon, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection.First known use 1999

   2004 Air America Radio http://www.airamericaradio.com/ Regular guest and blogger, Kos of DailyKos.com, provides Sam and Janeane the latest information from the blogosphere.

   3 more examples

   The blogosphere is relentless: It rightfully hammered Eason Jordan and CNN from day one and refuses to stop.

   2005 February 11, Lawrence Kudlow, National Review Online

   there's some talk, as you said, on the blogosphere, that this book is controversial, but I think more properly it's a contribution...

   2006 October 8, Lee Smolin (interviewee), Steve Paulson (interviewer), To the Best of Our Knowledge, “Future Physics”, Wisconsin Public Radio, program 06-10-08-A, segment 1

   And the liberal blogosphere has long labeled Clinton part of the neoconservative wing, a conservative intellectual movement that supports an interventionist foreign policy.

   2016 August 31, Tal Kopan, “Will Hillary Clinton’s GOP outreach alienate progressives?”, in CNN

   Synonyms: blogdom, blogoverse

In a sentence

2004 Air America Radio http://www.airamericaradio.com/ Regular guest and blogger, Kos of DailyKos.com, provides Sam and Janeane the latest information from the blogosphere.

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
3. Proto-Germanic*weraz
4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
6. Proto-Germanic*alaną
7. Proto-Germanic*aldiz
8. Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
9. Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
10. Old Englishweorold
11. Middle Englishworld
12. Englishworld
13. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
14. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
18. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
19. Old Englishwīd
20. Englishwide
21. Englishworldwide
22. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
23. Proto-Germanic*webaną
24. Proto-Germanic*wabją
25. Old Englishwebb
26. Middle Englishweb
27. Englishweb
28. EnglishWorld Wide Webellip.
29. EnglishWeb
30. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
31. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
32. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
33. Old Norseliggjader.?
34. Middle Englishlogge
35. Englishlog
36. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
37. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
38. Proto-Germanic*bōks
39. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
40. Old Englishbōc
41. Middle Englishbok
42. Englishbook
43. Englishlogbook
44. Englishlog
45. Englishweblog
46. Englishblog
47. Ancient Greekσφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)
48. Latinsphaera
49. Late Latinsphēra
50. Old Frenchsphere
51. Middle Englishspere
52. Englishsphere
53. Englishblogosphere

From blog + -o- + -sphere. Possibly under the influence of biosphere, atmosphere, etc.

First known use: 1999