Comments on: ‘Blog’ Tops Dictionary’s Words of the Year

By: Attila Girl

Attila Girl — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 04:40:40 +0000

Freed from the constraints that govern traditional print and broadcast news organizations, blogs spread gossip while also serving as an outlet for people increasingly disenchanted with mainstream media.

Charming. Guess we're 98% fact-free ;)

By: Sgt. B.

Sgt. B. — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:25:26 +0000

I've got to admit, for a little while I was one of the folks looking up the word "blog", as in: "What the heck is a blog?"
Well, I guess I found out, eh?
Cheers.

By: Sortapundit

Sortapundit — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:12:04 +0000

Hhhhhmmmmm...
In the blogosphere tonight:

Steve Verdon at OTB complains that ID doesn't qualify as a scientific theory (damn right).

Meanwhile, James Joyner notes that the word 'blog' has topped Merriam-Webster's words of the year list.

Iran is also ta...

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:06:35 +0000

Most of the explanation is probably ignorance, but I frequently look up words I know the definitions of, usually to check spelling, pronunciation or etymology. For example, until I saw your post, I had no reason to know that incumbent was from the Latin incumbere, meaning "to lie down on". The Merriam-Webster site also provides a convenient link to Thesaurus listings in its definition pages.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:40:24 +0000

I dunno, I look up words (that I know) all the time to see what they "really" mean. Just a weird habit I guess. Don't know if these is enough of "us" out there to skew the results though.

By: Signifying Nothing

Signifying Nothing — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:31:52 +0000

Are bloggers self-serving? why, yes we are!! Blogger triumpalism at it's finest.We made it to the dictionary!!: A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year's presidential campaign tops U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list o...