splog en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /splɔɡ/ (General-American)
- /splɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /splɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
Blend of spam + blog.
Meanings
-
(Internet) A fake blog, usually reusing content from other sources in order to generate link spam.
The “b” in these words is all that remains from its ancestor, Berners-Lee’s Web, and even that slim vestige can be lost when blog blends with other words, as in vlog (a video blog) and splog (a spam blog).
[2010 November 11, Ben Zimmer, “Web”, in The New York Times Magazine:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| splogs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |