While searching through Wikipedia for definitions of social media terms, I came across a long list of blog related words. While even the term blog (web + log) is far from inspiring, the wealth of ridiculousness within the word warping ‘blogosphere’ is overwhelming. For your enjoyment/disgust/confusion, here are the dumbest blog terms (blerms) ever made. Seriously, try saying any of these without cringing or bursting out in laughter.

Note: use the following terms with caution since we think someone on Wikipedia was just messing around when they added them. Still, several of these blog words (blords) may wind up on a blog near you, so knowing these definitions will not only make you appear more knowledgeable, you could potentially win some trivia with them one day! Also, if you happen to see any of these terms used on our blog, let us know and we’ll promptly shoot ourselves in the foot.

Biblioblogosphere

A humorous reference to the (exciting) world of librarian blogging.

Blaudience

The audience, or readership, of a blog.

Blag

A humorous misspelling of ‘blog’.

Blath

A math-oriented blog. A portmanteau of “math” and “blog”.

Blawg

A blog focusing on commentary about the law, generally written by a law professor, law student, or lawyer. A portmanteau of “law” and “blog”.

Bleg

A blog entry consisting of a request to the readers, such as for information or contributions. A portmanteau of “blog” and “beg”. Also called “Lazyweb.”

Bloggernacle

Blogs written by and for Mormons (a portmanteau of “blog” and “Tabernacle)”. Generally refers to faithful Mormon bloggers and sometimes refers to a specific grouping of faithful Mormon bloggers.

Bloggerazzi

Blogs written by blogger stalkers (a portmanteau of “blog” and “paparazzi)”. And can anyone guess who our favourite bloggerazzi is?

Blogoneer

A portmanteau of “blog” and “pioneer”, meaning a person who blogs with an expert or pioneering attitude.

Blogorrhea

A portmanteau of “blog” and “logorrhea”, meaning excessive and/or incoherent talkativeness in a weblog.

Blogstipation

The state of being unable to think of any topic to blog about, leading to irregular, strained blog entries. A rush of interesting events can clear the block; this is sometimes known as a blenema.

Bloll

A troll who specializes in blogs. A portmanteau of “blog” and “troll.”

Flog

A portmanteau of “fake” and “blog”. A blog that’s ghostwritten by someone, such as in the marketing department (ie. our writers LOL).

Glog

A first-person recording of an activity, in which the person doing the recording is a participant in the activity. Probably a portmanteau of “gonzo” and “blog”.

Gulog

A portmanteau of “gulag” and “blog”. Used when a blog is so dismal and depressing, it’s as if it were written in a Soviet labour camp.

Momosphere

Term to encompass blogs written by mothers. A portmanteau of “mom” and “blogosphere”.

PENUS

An acronym: Potentially Exciting News Under Scrutiny. Use this when you have something big that you can’t wait to show to the blogosphere.

Plog

Political blog - blog containing mainly politically-oriented material.

Shart

An acronym: Stubborn, Hostile And Resentful Troll, the most feared kind. A blog that falls victim to such a troll is said to have been “sharted”. A blogger who vandalizes their own page for sympathy is said to have sharted themselves.

Is that really it? If you happen to know any other blog terms worth an eye roll, let us know and we’ll add it to the list. Together, we can expose the barrage of crappy blog words (crablowords) across the Internet!