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Booklr en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʊklə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbʊklɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book Proto-Germanic *tūmōną Proto-West Germanic *tumbōn Old English tumbiander. Middle English tumben Middle English tumblen English tumble Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log ▲ English book English logbook English log English tumblelogder. English Tumblr blend English Booklr Blend of book + Tumblr.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) The community of book and reading-oriented blogs on Tumblr.
    • Booklr user ladybookmad started #readthemargin, dedicating the month of December to reading books by marginalized authors. 2016 December, Jenna Kilpinen, “Bookternet and diversity”, in Contrawoman, page 18:
    • On YouTube, users who describe themselves as BookTubers are vlogging about books and reading, on Instagram we find posters using hashtags such as #bookstagram, while Tumblr has a sub-community Booklr. 2018, Dorothee Birke, Johannes Fehrle, “#booklove: How Reading Culture is Adapted on the Internet”, in Komparatistik, page 63:
    • Over the last few years, we've seen the booklr community grow as quickly as our shelves, […] 2016, K. A. Beestone, "Introduction to The Book Nest", The Book Nest, Spring 2016, page 4

Coordinates

BookTube · BookTok · Bookstagram

Hypernyms

Bookternet