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blogosphere

[ blaw-guh-sfeer, blog-uh‐ ]
/ ˈblɔ gəˌsfɪər, ˈblɒg ə‐ /

noun Informal.

the realm of Internet blogs and the people who read or write them: Can the blogosphere be controlled?

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blocky, blocq's disease, bloemfontein, blog, bloggerati, blogosphere, blogroll, blogstream, blois, blok, blokart

Origin of blogosphere

First recorded in 2000-05; blog + -o- + sphere
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British Dictionary definitions for blogosphere

blogosphere
/ (ˈblɒɡəˌsfɪə) /

noun

informal a collective term for the weblogs on the internet

Word Origin for blogosphere

C21: from blog + -o- + -sphere
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