microblog

[mahy-kroh-blawg, ‑-blog]

verb (used without object)

microblogged, microblogging 

1. to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website.

   A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.

noun

1. a blog that is smaller than a traditional blog and contains very short entries.

microblog

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌblɒɡ /

noun

1. a blog in which there is a limitation on the length of individual postings

Other Word Forms

• microblogger noun
• microblogging noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of microblog¹

First recorded in 2005–10; micro- + blog

Example Sentences

I’m a longtime Bluesky adopter, going back to the referral-code days, but after I fully quit X postelection, I made it my microblog of choice, especially as more ex-Xers joined.

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The post, one of the most viewed on the Weibo microblog app the next morning, praised Yellen for holding chopsticks well but added, “as a U.S. official, Yellen needs to know more about China than just food. Only by knowing more about China can we set right the American view of the world, of China, of China-U.S. relations.”

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Following his death, Yoozoo issued a statement on its official Weibo microblog which read: "Goodbye youth... We will be together, continue to be kind, continue to believe in goodness, and continue the fight against all that is bad."

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“Young people are more likely to win 5 million yuan in the lottery than to earn 5 million from a work,” one wrote on the popular Chinese microblog Weibo.

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Since August, the Rocket Force has conducted at least two drills and training sessions, according to its official account on Weibo, a popular Chinese microblog.

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