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microblogging

microblogging

3 3.6
Posting short messages online to share news or updates
  • noun
  • /ˈmaɪkroʊˌblɔːɡɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : microblogging
  • Many tweeters are using the microblogging platform to bring new life to history.
  • microblogging site
  • microblogging service
  • microblogging platform

Now, turning a microblogging site into half of the world's financial system would be quite a big deal.

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Examples

  • Create a class Twitter account and have students practice microblogging about the scientific inquiry they engage in.

    Academic text (2015)

  • If you're new to Twitter, this is a great way to become quickly immersed in the microblogging platform.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Just as with any good microblogging service, users can share links, videos, and images.

    Blog text (15)

  • The two companies respond to 100% of daily questions posted on the microblogging site.

    Blog text (10)

  • The popular microblogging social site then went on to reset a number of accounts.

    Blog text (2)

  • Using Edmodo, teachers can create a microblogging network for their classes.

    Blog text (15)

  • Twitter is a microblogging site where each message or "tweet" can only contain 140 characters.

    Blog text (22)

  • The brainchild of Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone, Twitter first began as a microblogging social network.

    Blog text (7)

  • Twitter has capitalized on the market of microblogging in which the user writes short-form posts but with higher frequency than a typical blogging platform.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Many students enjoy microblogging their thoughts during classroom discussions on social media.

How Often

microblogging
  • Specialized
3 3.6

Surface Forms

microblogging singular
microbloggings plural

Morphology

microblogging = microblog (transparent) = micro + blog + ing

The word is built by adding -ing to microblog, and the meaning is a direct nominalization of the action of microblogging.

Etymology

Microblogging combines micro- ('small') and blog (short for 'web log', a record on the web). So it means making 'small web records', or short posts like tiny diary entries you put online.