blogosphere

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/ˈblɒɡ.əʊˌsfɪɚ/

noun

The totality of blogs, especially the unique jargon, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection.

Similar
blogdomblogoverse
OriginEnglish sphere ← Middle English spere ← Old French sphere →
Less commonFirst used 1999Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounblogosphere (plural blogospheres)

plural blogospheres

  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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe totality of blogs, especially the unique jargon, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection.

Similar
blogdomblogoverse
Also see
blogdom

Origin

  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.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 博客圈
  • 博客圈 (bókèquān)the totality of blogs
Esperanto blogaro
  • blogarothe totality of blogs
French blogosphère
  • blogosphèrethe totality of blogs
German Blogosphäre
  • Blogosphärethe totality of blogs
Hindi चिट्ठाजगत
  • चिट्ठाजगत (ciṭṭhājagat)the totality of blogs
Italian blogosfera
  • blogosferathe totality of blogs
Japanese ブロゴスフィア
  • ブロゴスフィア (burogosufia)the totality of blogs
Polish blogosfera
  • blogosferathe totality of blogs
Portuguese blogosfera
  • blogosferathe totality of blogs
Russian блогосфе́ра
  • блогосфе́ра (blogosféra)the totality of blogs
Spanish blogosfera
  • blogosferathe totality of blogs
Swedish bloggosfär
  • bloggosfärthe totality of blogs
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