Like any self-respecting counter culture, Webloggers have developed their own distinct dialogue and vocabulary. Here is just a sampling of the lexicon -- a few choice terms featured in the glossary to We've Got Blog: How Weblogs are Changing Our Culture (Perseus Publishing, June 2002).
Blogdex 1. (n) A site developed by MIT media laboratories to track the appearance of memes in the blogging community.
Blogorrhea 1. (n) The tendency of bloggers to begin posting the minutiae of their life in an effort to keep their weblog active.
Flamebait 1. (n) A link, comment or post purposefully written to create a strong reaction from other posters. The goal behind flamebait is to start a flamewar on the discussion.
Fram 1. (n) Spam from friends. E-mails of jokes, lists, web sites and interesting tidbits with huge distribution lists are often forwarded and forwarded to others.
Linkslut 1. (n) A website owner who loves to be linked by other webpages. 2. (n) A website owner who often links to several other sites or blogs in their community in hopes of receiving a link back.
Slashdot, /.. 1. (n) A community weblog focused on technology and computer news. Owned by OSDN Inc. (Open Source Development Network), Slashdot is also an example of an open source weblog.
Troll, trolling 1. (v) To read webpages without commenting or adding content. 2. (v) To post to a discussion group an incorrect or incendiary comment in order to create responses. 3. (n) One who trolls.
The WELL 1. (n) The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link was developed in 1985 and became one of the first online communities to form. It was the first virtual community, founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation and set the stage for current Web culture. It is currently owned by Salon Media Group.
From the book We've Got Blog: How Weblogs are Changing Our Culture. Copyright © 2002. Reprinted by permission of Perseus Publishing. All rights reserved.
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