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Biblioblogosphere A humorous reference to the world of librarian blogging
Blaudience The audience, or readership, of a blog
Blag a humorous misspelling of 'blog'
Blath a math oriented blog. A portmanteau of "math" and "blog", apparently coined by John Armstrong on his blath.
Blather 1. a blath writer. 1. the act of writing a blath; pp blathering..
Blawg A blog focusing on commentary about the law, generally written by a law professor, law student, or lawyer. A portmanteau of "law" and "blog".
Bleg A blog entry consisting of a request to the readers, such as for information or contributions. A portmanteau of "blog" and "beg". Also called "Lazyweb."
Blog Carnival A blog article that contains links to other articles covering a specific topic. Most blog carnivals are hosted by a rotating list of frequent contributors to the carnival, and serve to both generate new posts by contributors and highlight new bloggers posting matter in that subject area.
Blistless or B-listless When a blogger becomes listless or apathetic about posting.
Blog client (weblog client) is software to manage (post, edit) blogs from operating system with no need to launch a web browser. A typical blog client has an editor, a spell-checker and a few more options that simplify content creation and editing.
Blogger Person who runs a blog. Also blogger.com, a popular blog hosting web site. Rarely: weblogger.
Bloggernacle Blogs written by and for Mormons (a portmanteau of "blog" and "Tabernacle)". Generally refers to faithful Mormon bloggers and sometimes refers to a specific grouping of faithful Mormon bloggers.
Bloggerazzi Blogs written by blogger stalkers (a portmanteau of "blog" and "paparazzi)".
Bloggies One of the most popular blog awards.
Blog Farm A website constructed from a group of linked weblogs, typically with the main blog aggregating the total content/acting as a gateway.
Blog feed The XML-based file in which the blog hosting software places a machine-readable version of the blog so that it may be "syndicated" for further distribution on the web. Formats such as RSS and Atom are used to structure the XML file.
Blog hopping to follow links from one blog entry to another, with related side-trips to various articles, sites, discussion forums, and more.
Bloglet A small blog entry, usually one or two sentences long.
Blogoneer A portmanteau of "blog" and "pioneer", meaning a person who blogs with an expert or pioneering attitude.
Blogorrhea A portmanteau of "blog" and "logorrhea", meaning excessive and/or incoherent talkativeness in a weblog.
Blogosphere All blogs, or the blogging community. Also called blogistan or, more rarely, blogspace.
Blogroll A list of blogs. A blogger features a list of their favorite blogs in the sidebar of their blog. Derived, it would seem, as a pun on "Logrolling."
Blog site The web location (URL) of a blog, which may be either a dedicated domain, a sub-domain, or embedded within a web site. Blogsite Sometimes confused with a simple blog or blog site, but a blogsite is a web site which combines blog feeds from a variety of sources, as well as non-blog sources, and adds significant value over the raw blog feeds.
Blogsnob A person who refuses to respond to comments on their blog from people outside their circle of friends.
Blogstipation The state of being unable to think of any topic to blog about, leading to irregular, strained blog entries. A rush of interesting events can clear the block; this is sometimes known as a blenema.
Blogstorm When a large amount of activity, information and opinion erupts around a particular subject or controversy in the blogosphere, it is sometimes called a blogstorm or blog swarm.
Blogstream A play on the term mainstream that references the alternative news and information network growing up around weblogs and user driven content mechanisms. Can also be used as a play on the phrase "thought-stream", referring to the stream of consciousness as expressed through a weblog.
BlogThis Pioneered by Blogger.com, BlogThis links on a blog allow the reader to automatically generate a blog entry based on the blog entry he/she is reading, and post to their blog.
Bloll A troll who specialises in blogs. A portmanteau of "blog" and "troll."
Blooger A blogger who exhibits adolescent tendencies and lacks basic social graces or good manners. A portmanteau of "blog" and "booger."
Boreblogging Writing about personal matters that are barely interesting even to the writer -- preferably in a slightly bent fashion so as to make it fun to read in spite of the subject matter.
Bugblogging Blogging about insects.
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