microblogging

[ mahy-kroh-blaw-ging, ‐blog-ing ]

/ ˈmaɪ kroʊˌblɔ gɪŋ, ‐ˌblɒg ɪŋ /

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noun Digital Technology.

the act or practice of posting brief entries on a blog or social media website: My parents thought my mania for microblogging would lead nowhere, but I just published a book based on my Twitter feed!

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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Origin of microblogging

microblog + -ing¹

Words nearby microblogging

microbiomic, microbiomics, microbiota, microblade, microblog, microblogging, microbrew, microbrewery, microbubble, microbubbles, microburst

How to use microblogging in a sentence

Twitter held sway for so long it’s scary to contemplate the actual end of the line for this form of microblogging.
I made it big on Twitter. Now I don’t think I can stay.|Mikki Kendall|October 28, 2022|MIT Technology Review
In the past year, the microblogging platform has launched three new features that can help boost your bank account—if everything goes your way.
3 ways you can try to make money from your tweets|Sandra Gutierrez G.|October 30, 2021|Popular-Science
Few countries have followed the story as closely as China, where the topic has trended for multiple days on the microblogging site Weibo.
China fixates on Florida condo collapse as disasters unfold at home|Rebecca Tan, Lyric Li, Alicia Chen|July 14, 2021|Washington Post
The microblogging hostilities began in September 2011, after a Taliban attack on a foreign diplomat neighborhood in Kabul.
Taliban And NATO War on Twitter|Sam Schneider|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A microblogging tool that cannot be censored, or compromised.
The Internet Shouldn’t Own You|Eric Klinker|October 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Just seconds after the shaking began, the microblogging website Twitter lit up with reports and questions about it.
The Earthquake That Wasn’t|Daniel Stone|August 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST