Meanings
- not comparablerareBefore the advent of blogs.
“A killed story used to be pretty much dead unless it got leaked to another newspaper,” Mr. Roderick said of the preblog era of print-based newspapers.
2007 July 30, Andrew Adam Newman, “New Life on the Web for a Killed Newspaper Column”, in New York Times1 more example
In a preblog world it is unlikely that Jack's story would have spread much further than his family and circle of friends. However, Jack's blog provided other people a window into his life...
2007, Mark Tremayne, Blogging, citizenship, and the future of media
Origin
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preblog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preblog
“preblog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preblog. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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