vlog

American  

[vlawg, vlog] / vlɔg, vlɒg /

noun

1. a blog that features mostly videos rather than text or images.

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verb (used without object)

vlogged, vlogging

1. to maintain or add posts to a vlog.

vlog British  

/ vlɒɡ /

noun

1. a video journal uploaded to the internet

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Other Word Forms

• vlogger
  noun

Etymology

Origin of vlog

First recorded in 2000–05; v(ideo) ( def. ) + (b)log ( def. )

Explanation

A vlog is an online video journal or website. Your friend might be filming you singing karaoke just for fun — or she might be planning to post it on her vlog! Vlog is a distinctly 21st-century word, coined from a combination of video and blog, a shortened version of weblog. These days, some vlogs are found on personal websites, but most are videos posted on a social media platform or YouTube. If you want to start a vlog, you could make short videos of your cooking adventures or interactions with your cat, edit them, and post them online for your followers to see.

Example Sentences

The 2023 season Vlog is going to be 🔥🔥!

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2022

Kircher: This isn’t the first time the Vlog Squad, Dobrik, and Durte Dom have been criticized for “bad behavior,” which is a lame catchall for such things.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2021

He was a nominee in the Consumer Choice Vlog category, for a video that he had shot the night of the previous year’s ceremony, with his dear friend and fellow vlogger Steven Gavrielatos.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2021

Lilly has twice been the subject of CBBC's My Life documentaries, in 2016 with Born to Vlog, which was Bafta-nominated and won an International Emmy Kids award, and again in 2018 with I Will Survive.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2019

Hank Green – SciShow, CrashCourse, Vlog Brothers Hank Green is a former biochemist who holds a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and a master's degree in Environmental Studies.

From Scientific American • Jul. 30, 2015