Meanings
plural blidgets
- InternetslangIn the context of blogging, a widget featuring a blog feed, which can be installed on another blog or website.
In particular, a "blidget" allows users to display a section of their blog on other web sites.
2008 April 30, Diana Ransom, “Starting Up: Small Biz Tech Speak”, in The Wall Street Journal2 more examples
Widgetbox also gives you the tools to create your own widgets— either by turning your blog into a "blidget" that others can subscribe to or by coding something unique and adding it to the Widgetbox collection.
2007 October, Robert Strohmeyer, “The 15 Best Web Apps You've Never Heard Of”, in Maximum PCFigure 9.22 on Page 235 shows the finished blidget for Social Media Power. Widgetbox blidgets like the one we just created are free, but they also offer a pro version for around $30 a year that allows you to design custom themes for you blidget, among other features.
2009, Deltina Hay, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization: Strategies, Tactics, and Tools for Succeeding in the Social Web, Dalton Publishing, →ISBN, page 236
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
- Proto-Germanic*weraz
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
- Proto-Germanic*alaną
- Proto-Germanic*aldiz
- Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
- Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
- Old Englishweorold
- Middle Englishworld
- Englishworld
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
- Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
- Old Englishwīd
- Englishwide
- Englishworldwide
- Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*webaną
- Proto-Germanic*wabją
- Old Englishwebb
- Middle Englishweb
- Englishweb
- EnglishWorld Wide Webellip.
- EnglishWeb
- Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
- Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
- Old Norseliggjader.?
- Middle Englishlogge
- Englishlog
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*bōks
- Proto-West Germanic*bōk
- Old Englishbōc
- Middle Englishbok
- Englishbook
- Englishlogbook
- Englishlog
- Englishweblog
- Englishblog
- Englishwidget
- Englishblidget
Blend of blog + widget.
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Rhymes with blidget
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blidget. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blidget
“blidget.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blidget. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blidget,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blidget.
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