Dictionary

podosphere en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English network English internetwork English Internet English i- English pod English iPod Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast blend English podcast 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 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 blogosphere blend? English podosphere Most likely a blend of podcast + blogosphere, it seems to have been first coined by podcaster Steve Gillmore during the opening session on podcasting of the Bloggercon III conference. By surface analysis, pod(cast) + -o- + -sphere.

Meanings

1. (slang) The collective podcasting community.
   • You don't want to spend too much money on your podcast at first because you want to see how you like it and how much of a splash you make on the podosphere, but it's difficult to make that splash when you're making subpar recordings. 2006, Mur Lafferty, Tricks of the Podcasting Masters, →ISBN, page 178:
   • Religion is one of the most talked about subjects on earth and, unsurprisingly, one of the most podcasted in the podosphere. 2005, Steve Shipside, Podcasting: The Ultimate Starter Kit, →ISBN, page 132:
   • John Markoff, senior technology reporter at the New York Times, says more than 11 million Americans are now in the podosphere and that by 2008 there will be nearly 60 million, and double that worldwide. 2005 April 10, Garry Barker, “Welcome to the wide world of the podosphere”, in The Age:

Forms

Synonyms

Podcastistan