blogosphere
/ˈblɒɡ.əʊˌsfɪɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The totality of blogs, especially the unique jargon, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection.
Example Sentences
- "2004 Air America Radio http://www.airamericaradio.com/ Regular guest and blogger, Kos of DailyKos.com, provides Sam and Janeane the latest information from the blogosphere."
- "The blogosphere is relentless: It rightfully hammered Eason Jordan and CNN from day one and refuses to stop."
- "there's some talk, as you said, on the blogosphere, that this book is controversial, but I think more properly it's a contribution..."
- "And the liberal blogosphere has long labeled Clinton part of the neoconservative wing, a conservative intellectual movement that supports an interventionist foreign policy."
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 Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English -sphere English blogosphere From blog + -o- + -sphere. Possibly under the influence of biosphere, atmosphere, etc.