# I hate the word "blog" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223 "2002-12-08T00:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Global\_Citizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Global\_Citizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Global_Citizen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/21 "2002-12-09T02:03:31Z")
**OpalCat** , I stand corrected. You’re correct about labelling it as simply(but by no means simple) journal. And thank you for the link. (Like I said, I’m now checking some journals every day. There’s a lot of junk on the web, but I feel there’s a lot of good stuff, too.) Global Citizen ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/22 "2002-12-09T18:05:50Z")
Oh I wasn’t correcting you… just saying what I refer to _mine_ as. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/23 "2002-12-09T18:20:12Z")
I kinda like the word, like [bodge](http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/bodge.html) it has a reckless edge to it. I bodged my blog together last night, I might do a proper job of it later. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/24 "2002-12-09T18:53:24Z")
Oh…see, in my opinion, there’s a difference between a journal and a weblargh. My journal is for a…well, a journal. My weblargh is where I put interesting links I run across day to day. Totally different things. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/25 "2002-12-09T19:01:44Z")
_wee-blargh_ … chortle. I’m glad I came in here late, because when someone helpfully said a “blog” meant “web log” I was going to ask what a web log was. Now this is all clarified nicely. I feel all computery-knowing now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/26 "2002-12-09T19:34:48Z")
I still hate the word blog no matter what it refers to. (but I’m pretty sure that most people’s “blogs” are their journals) ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/27 "2002-12-09T20:30:56Z")
Well, I won’t torment you by repeating the B-word fifty times. Just don’t ever ask me about about my website[sup]1[/sup], or you’ll hear what you would not 🙂 [sup]1[/sup]_I_ cannot stand people who refer to “websights”. I wouldn’t call them clueless idiots, but _die Gedanken sind frei_, you know. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/28 "2002-12-10T06:52:24Z")
Yeah, I hate it too. It’s too cutesy for me. I also hate it because I was (at least in my social circles) WAY ahead of the journal craze. Three years ago, I started sending a weekly email full of random musings, weird links, and what I was up to out to my friends. Mix LiveJournal with a Larry King column and [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) and you’ve got the idea. I had a running joke as the open (My name is Dave and xxx joke xxx) and always signed off with something weird. I gave it up after a little less than two school years pretty much because I felt dumb writing it–like why would any care, even though people did write in and tell me how funny it was. Now, I know plenty of people that post even the most mundane things on LiveJournal or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/29 "2002-12-10T12:41:45Z")
Heck I’ve had my online journal since 1998. ---
**Author:** ![Hattrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hattrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hattrick)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/30 "2002-12-10T14:35:40Z")
as long as I have known it ‘to blog’ is to get someting for free. as in ‘I blogged a guy out of two tickets for the concert tonight, do you want to go?’ but I digress. ---
**Author:** ![Hemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hemlock)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/31 "2002-12-10T15:08:29Z")
Purists insist that a “blog” is a regularly updated list of links to articles and sites elsewhere on the web, usually about a particular area of interest, possibly with some comments by the blogger. EG: “Here’s an interesting Op-Ed piece in the Hicksville Times, though I don’t agree with it” This is in contrast to an on-line diary/journal, which is primarily an account of the author’s thoughts and deeds, day to day - possibly with some links (or pictures, etc). EG: “Tonight I ironed the cat and took this neat photo of him” Yes it is an ugly word. And, no, I don’t use it the way the purists do… ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/32 "2002-12-10T15:49:11Z")
For the record OED has already added blog to its list of words to add in the next dictionary. I would also like to note, I think its like the Gremlin cars - you know, those small cars that are so ugly they’re cute. But that’s just me \My BLOG\ ---
**Author:** ![super\_head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@super\_head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/super_head)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/33 "2002-12-10T16:39:51Z")
I like it so much that I use it in my signature. Blog blog blog blog blog! ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/34 "2002-12-10T19:07:26Z")
Me too. I also hate the word swag. Apparently “gear” had too short a shelf life. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/35 "2002-12-10T19:39:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hey you! \* > **I also hate the word swag.** How do you feel about [swag lamps](http://www.casamexicanafolkart.com/Frosted_Swag_Lamp/frosted_swag_lamp.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/36 "2002-12-10T19:56:53Z")
I’m afraid I happen to love it too. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223/37 "2002-12-10T21:51:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*How do you feel about [swag lamps](http://www.casamexicanafolkart.com/Frosted_Swag_Lamp/frosted_swag_lamp.html)? \*\* No no. Swag Lamps are fine. I’m just at the age when I percieve making up new words for things for the sake of being “cool” is blindly being a slave to fashion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-blog/141223.md?page=1)