reblog

present singular third person reblogs · participle present reblogging · participle past reblogged · past reblogged · alternative abbreviation RB

1. InternettransitiveTo blog something previously posted on another blog, in particular to share a post on a microblogging platform.

   We will also post audio (have you listened to our Big Ideas podcast yet?), and reblog the best of the online zeitgeist.

   2012 January 12, Jessica Reed, “Guardian comment: now available on Tumblr”, in The Guardian

   3 more examples

   A great Tumblr post is reblogged again and again; it tumbles across continents and generations. No surprise then that tumblr^([sic]) is a new proving ground for aspiring writers, artists and comedians.

   2012 March 4, Tom Meltzer, “The 10 funniest Tumblrs”, in The Guardian

   Let's be honest here, how synonymous is reblogging with carrying on? Is it a kooky present for a sweet sixteenth, or is it in equal parts embarrassing and bleak?

   2014 February 18, Holly Baxter, “Mashtags? Like, epic fail buddy. The social media marketing gone #wrong”, in The Guardian

   [quoting Emily Gould] I tumbld, I tweeted, and I scrolled. […] Blogging was a creative act—even “curating” by reblogging someone else's post was a creative act, if you squinted.

   2016, Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy, page 25

plural reblogs · alternative abbreviation RB

1. InternetThe reposting of something previously posted on another blog.

   My controversial post got thousands of reblogs within a week.

   1 more example

   On Tumblr, there are posts floating around with 300,000 notes (likes and reblogs, or “reshares”) with direct Paypal links attached as people ask for emergency help with rent, lest they be kicked out and forced to move back in with abusive family or pushed into involuntary sex work.

   2017 April 4, Jonno Revanche, “The state has let millennials down. That’s why we crowdfund basic needs”, in The Guardian