Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

blawgosphere en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English blawg 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 blogosphereinflu. English blawgosphere

Meanings

  1. (Internet, uncountable) The totality of blawgs (law blogs); the community of blawgers.
    • Women are underrepresented throughout legal academia from the ranks of professors down to the “blawgosphere” of law professor blogging. 2021, Dara E. Purvis, “Legal Education as Hegemonic Masculinity”, in Villanova Law Review, volume 65, number 5, page 1145:
    • Right now large firms are underrepresented in the "blawgosphere." 2005, "Between Lawyers Roundtable: The Future of Legal Blogging", Law Practice Magazine, July/August 2005
    • While the number of judge-authored blawgs is less than the number of blawgs published by other members of the legal community, such as attorneys or law professors, they do have a presence in the blawgosphere that cannot be denied. 2009, Brian A. Craddock, “2009: A Blawg Odyssey: Exploring How the Legal Community Is Using Blogs and How Blogs are Changing the Legal Community”, in Mercer Law Review^(https://ursa.mercer.edu/bitstream/handle/10898/9195/62_60MercerLRev1353(2008).pdf?sequence=1), volume 60, number 4, page 1359: