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tumblelog

tumblelog noun: a microblog, especially one on the Tumblr microblogging service.

Noun

tumblelog (plural tumblelogs)

  1. (Internet) A microblog, especially one on the Tumblr microblogging service.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of tumblelog

pluraltumblelogs

Origin of 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’”).

Words formed from tumblelog

Questions about tumblelog

What does tumblelog mean?
Tumblelog means a microblog, especially one on the Tumblr microblogging service.
What part of speech is tumblelog?
Tumblelog is a noun.
What is the plural of tumblelog?
The plural of tumblelog is tumblelogs.

Words near tumblelog in the dictionary

  1. tumbledown
  2. tumbledung
  3. tumbledungs
  4. tumblehome
  5. tumblehomes
  6. tumblelog
  7. tumblelogs
  8. tumbler
  9. tumbler dryer
  10. tumbler dryers
  11. Tumbler Ridge

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