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English
Etymology
From micro- + blog.
Noun
microblog (plural microblogs)
- (Internet) A blog on which one posts brief, frequent updates on one's activities.
2006 December 10, Richard Rushfield, “It's real time at the same time”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 30 June 2013, page E20:For Dorsey, creating this community of linked microblogs has been "endearing, because you know what everyone you know is doing" […]
Derived terms
Translations
blog on which one posts brief updates
See also
Verb
microblog (third-person singular simple present microblogs, present participle microblogging, simple past and past participle microblogged)
- (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To post on a microblog.
I started microblogging last week.
Further reading
Spanish
Noun
microblog m (plural microblogs)
- microblog