microblog

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Etymology

From micro- +‎ blog.

Noun

microblog (plural microblogs)

  1. (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" []

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Verb

microblog (third-person singular simple present microblogs, present participle microblogging, simple past and past participle microblogged)

  1. (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To post on a microblog.
    I started microblogging last week.

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Spanish

Noun

microblog m (plural microblogs)

  1. microblog