blawg
/blɔɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A weblog dealing with topics related to the law.
verb
To write about legal topics on a blog.
Example Sentences
- "Keeping a blawg also can be helpful when you update your resume and compose cover letters[…]"
- "If there is a blawg you would like to see added, please feel free to suggest that we add it to the list."
- "The vowel of blog can mutate, as when law blogs are called blawgs or requests via blog posts are called blegs (combining blog and beg)."
- "Finally, do legal professionals owe a duty to society in general when blawging?"
- "When attorneys began blawging, their discourse was not so clearly public, despite the fact that blawgs are far more accessible to many more people than any advertisement."
- "For example, I do this regularly in Internet Law through requiring my students to blawg."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English World Wide Web English Web Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook English log English weblog English blog Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *lagą Old Norse lag Old Norse lǫgbor. Old English lagu Middle English lawe English law blend English blawg Blend of blog + law. Coined by American lawyer and podcaster Denise Howell.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /blɔɡ/
- British English: /blɔːɡ/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.