# What does 'Blog' stand for/mean?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-blog-stand-for-mean/208217
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 18, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-blog-stand-for-mean/208217 "2003-10-18T18:08:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@rodmunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rodmunch)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-blog-stand-for-mean/208217/1 "2003-10-18T18:08:05Z")
I’ve noticed people referring to their online journals as ‘Blog’ where did this word come from? Does it mean anything?
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### Author:  [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-blog-stand-for-mean/208217/2 "2003-10-18T18:09:37Z")
It’s merely slang for web log/weblog. The connection should be obvious :).
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### Author:  [@rodmunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rodmunch)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-blog-stand-for-mean/208217/3 "2003-10-18T18:22:42Z")
It is now you mention it! I did a google search for blog and all it seemed to return was Website stats pages
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### Author:  [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-blog-stand-for-mean/208217/4 "2003-10-18T19:55:54Z")
[Read this.](http://new.blogger.com/home.pyra)