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tumblelog en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 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 tumblelog From tumble + log, an early term for microblog, coined by Jonathan Gillette in 2005, based on the tagline of Leah Neukirchen's Anarchaia blog (“experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin’”).

Meanings

1. (Internet) A microblog, especially one on the Tumblr microblogging service.
   • Twitter and tumblelogs work equally well in this case. However, blogging and longer forms of writing are still important for communicating complex or longer ideas. 2009, Gavin Bell, Building Social Web Applications, page 133:
   • Tumblr, launched in March, allows users to publish digital files or brief blog posts to a single online location, dubbed a tumblelog. 2007, The Deal, volume 5, page 26:
   • At the same time as maintaining activity on my tumblelog, I was communicating with other bloggers outside the group, collaborating with other teachers at my own institution, reflecting alone and reading both online and on paper. 2011, Dr Kay Irie, Dr Alison Stewart, Realizing Autonomy:
   • Sue Weston details her current artwork. “It’s called 'Magpie.’ I stand in Daley Plaza, jotting down the things people say into their cells. Then I post it on a tumblelog. Amazing, what people will tell a street full of strangers.” 2010, Richard Powers, Generosity, New York: Picador, →ISBN, page 10:
   • For a concrete example, imagine you've created a Tumblelog, which is like a weblog but with many small posts of different types. 2006, Chad Fowler, Rails Recipes, Raleigh, N.C.: Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN, page 195:

Forms

Deriveds

Tumblr

Translations (2)

fr tumblr (microblog on Tumblr) · es tumblr (microblog on Tumblr)