Booklr

B3O1O1K5L1R1
UK/ˈbʊklə/US/ˈbʊklɚ/

proper noun

The community of book and reading-oriented blogs on Tumblr.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun
  1. InternetThe community of book and reading-oriented blogs on Tumblr.

    Over the last few years, we've seen the booklr community grow as quickly as our shelves, […]

    2016, K. A. Beestone, "Introduction to The Book Nest", The Book Nest, Spring 2016, page 4
    2 more examples

    Booklr user ladybookmad started #readthemargin, dedicating the month of December to reading books by marginalized authors.

    2016 December, Jenna Kilpinen, “Bookternet and diversity”, in Contrawoman, page 18

    On YouTube, users who describe themselves as BookTubers are vlogging about books and reading, on Instagram we find posters using hashtags such as #bookstagram, while Tumblr has a sub-community Booklr.

    2018, Dorothee Birke, Johannes Fehrle, “#booklove: How Reading Culture is Adapted on the Internet”, in Komparatistik, page 63

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  5. Old Englishbōc
  6. Middle Englishbok
  7. Englishbook
  8. Proto-Germanic*tūmōną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*tumbōn
  10. Old Englishtumbian
  11. Middle Englishtumben
  12. Middle Englishtumblen
  13. Englishtumble
  14. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  16. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  17. Old Norseliggjader.?
  18. Middle Englishlogge
  19. Englishlog
  20. Englishbook
  21. Englishlogbook
  22. Englishlog
  23. Englishtumblelog
  24. EnglishTumblr
  25. EnglishBooklr

Blend of book + Tumblr.

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Cite this entry
APA

Booklr. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Booklr

MLA

“Booklr.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Booklr. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Booklr,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Booklr.

Source: Booklr on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.