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blawg en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /blɔɡ/ (General-American)
  • /blɔːɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /blɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) A weblog dealing with topics related to the law.
    • Keeping a blawg also can be helpful when you update your resume and compose cover letters[…] 2004, American Bar Association, Student lawyer: Volume 33:
    • If there is a blawg you would like to see added, please feel free to suggest that we add it to the list. 2006, Carole A. Levitt, Mark E. Rosch, The lawyer's guide to fact finding on the Internet, page 738:
    • 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). [2010 November 11, Ben Zimmer, “Web”, in The New York Times Magazine:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
blawgs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

blawgosphere · blawger

blawg en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /blɔɡ/ (General-American)
  • /blɔːɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /blɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. (Internet) To write about legal topics on a blog.
    • 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. 2009, Judy M. Cornett, "The Ethics of Blawging: A Genre Analysis", Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Volume 41, Issue 1, Fall 2009, page 233
    • Finally, do legal professionals owe a duty to society in general when blawging? 2007, Anna P. Hemingway, “The ethical obligations of lawyers, law students and law professors telling stories on web logs”, in The Law Teacher, volume 41, number 3, page 294:
    • For example, I do this regularly in Internet Law through requiring my students to blawg. 2013, David S. Levine, “What Can We Do on Monday to Improve Our Teaching?”, in Chapman Law Review, volume 17, number 1, page 32:

Forms

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blawgs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
blawging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blawged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blawged Tense=Past lexicographic