splog
UK/splɒɡ/US/splɔɡ/
splog noun: a fake blog, usually reusing content from other sources in order to generate link spam.
Noun
splog (plural splogs)
- 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
Synonyms of splog
Forms of splog
| plural | splogs |
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Origin of splog
Blend of spam + blog.
Words that rhyme with splog
Questions about splog
- What does splog mean?
- Splog means a fake blog, usually reusing content from other sources in order to generate link spam.
- What part of speech is splog?
- Splog is a noun.
- How do you pronounce splog?
- Splog is pronounced /splɒɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of splog?
- The plural of splog is splogs.
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