Definition of microblog in English:
microblog
nounˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌblɒɡˈmaɪkroʊˌblɑɡ
A social media site to which a user makes short, frequent posts.
she announced her retirement on her microblog, bidding farewell to the sport
Example sentencesExamples
- More and more bloggers are using microblogs as their primary publishing tool.
- A blog or microblog could help gather information and build an audience prior to the presentation, while allowing for an expanded conversation after it is over.
- Bulletin boards and microblogs have been buzzing all day with chatter about Google's announcement.
- She immediately put the picture on her microblog.
- Internet microblogs crackled with messages of support.
- Her initial post on the Twitter-like microblog Weibo was forwarded tens of thousands of times.
- Microblogs and other social media have given people the tools to discuss social issues and to organise.
- Economists are using automatic text analysis methods to evaluate thousands of daily Twitter microblog messages.
- Readers of your blog and microblogs learn more about who you are as a person, and as a researcher and professional.
- Photos of her apparently lavish lifestyle on her microblog triggered suspicions that the organisation's funds had been misappropriated.
- News of the raid quickly spread on microblogs, partly fed by indignant postings from those who had been detained.
- A passerby who saw the whole exchange then took a photo of the trio and uploaded it to his microblog.
Origin
Early 21st century: from micro- + blog.
Definition of microblog in US English:
microblog
nounˈmaɪkroʊˌblɑɡˈmīkrōˌbläɡ
A social media site to which a user makes short, frequent posts.
she announced her retirement on her microblog, bidding farewell to the sport
Example sentencesExamples
- A blog or microblog could help gather information and build an audience prior to the presentation, while allowing for an expanded conversation after it is over.
- More and more bloggers are using microblogs as their primary publishing tool.
- Microblogs and other social media have given people the tools to discuss social issues and to organise.
- News of the raid quickly spread on microblogs, partly fed by indignant postings from those who had been detained.
- A passerby who saw the whole exchange then took a photo of the trio and uploaded it to his microblog.
- She immediately put the picture on her microblog.
- Economists are using automatic text analysis methods to evaluate thousands of daily Twitter microblog messages.
- Bulletin boards and microblogs have been buzzing all day with chatter about Google's announcement.
- Her initial post on the Twitter-like microblog Weibo was forwarded tens of thousands of times.
- Readers of your blog and microblogs learn more about who you are as a person, and as a researcher and professional.
- Photos of her apparently lavish lifestyle on her microblog triggered suspicions that the organisation's funds had been misappropriated.
- Internet microblogs crackled with messages of support.
Origin
Early 21st century: from micro- + blog.