microblog

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noun

A blog on which one posts brief, frequent updates on one's activities.

“I started microblogging last week.”

OriginEnglish blog ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc →
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Meanings

nounmicroblog (plural microblogs)

plural microblogs · alternative micro-blog

  1. InternetA blog on which one posts brief, frequent updates on one's activities.

    For Dorsey, creating this community of linked microblogs has been "endearing, because you know what everyone you know is doing" […]

    2006 December 10, Richard Rushfield, “It's real time at the same time”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013, page E20
verbmicroblog (third-person singular simple present microblogs, present participle microblogging, simple past and past participle microblogged)

present singular third person microblogs · participle present microblogging · participle past microblogged · past microblogged · alternative micro-blog

  1. InternetambitransitiveTo post on a microblog.

    I started microblogging last week.

Origin

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

From micro- + blog.

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Translations

Catalan microblog
  • microblogblog on which one posts brief updates
Chinese Mandarin 微博客, 微博
  • 微博客 (wēibókè)blog on which one posts brief updates
  • 微博 (wēibó)blog on which one posts brief updates
Finnish mikroblogi
  • mikroblogiblog on which one posts brief updates
French microblog, microblogue
  • microblogblog on which one posts brief updates
  • microblogueblog on which one posts brief updates
German Mikroblog
  • Mikroblogblog on which one posts brief updates
Icelandic örblogg
  • örbloggblog on which one posts brief updates
Japanese マイクロブログ, ミニブログ
  • マイクロブログ (maikuroburogu)blog on which one posts brief updates
  • ミニブログ (miniburogu)blog on which one posts brief updates
Korean 마이크로블로그, 미니블로그
  • 마이크로블로그 (maikeurobeullogeu)blog on which one posts brief updates
  • 미니블로그 (minibeullogeu)blog on which one posts brief updates
Portuguese microblog, microblogue
  • microblogblog on which one posts brief updates
  • microblogueblog on which one posts brief updates
Russian микробло́г
  • микробло́г (mikroblóg)blog on which one posts brief updates
Swedish mikroblogg
  • mikrobloggblog on which one posts brief updates
Vietnamese tiểu blog, blog vi mô
  • tiểu blogblog on which one posts brief updates
  • blog vi môblog on which one posts brief updates
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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