What does blogged mean?
"Blogged" is the past tense and past participle of the verb "blog," meaning to have written and published an entry on a blog — a frequently updated website where individuals or organisations share commentary, personal reflections, news, or specialist knowledge. The word is used naturally in contexts such as "She blogged about her recovery" or "The company blogged its announcement before sending a press release." Its register is informal to neutral, fitting comfortably into everyday speech and online journalism, though it rarely appears in highly formal writing. Though young as a word, it has become thoroughly established: it derives from "weblog," which was shortened to "blog" in the late 1990s as online publishing went mainstream. Related forms include "blogging," "blogger," and "blogosphere." Today "blogged" signals participation in the culture of personal online publishing that shaped much of the modern internet's voice.
verbPast tense and past participle of "blog": wrote or published an entry on a blog (a regularly updated website of informal written content).
- To have written or published an entry on a blog.
- (Rare) To have run or maintained a blog over a period.
"She blogged every day during her year travelling through Southeast Asia."
"He blogged about the conference while it was still happening."
"Throughout the campaign, volunteers blogged their experiences on the organisation's website."
"Blog" is one of the few English words formed by swallowing part of another word whole: in the late 1990s, "weblog" was playfully shortened to "we-blog" and then simply "blog."
Reviewed by Deb Chak, Editor. AI-assisted content curated by RJS Tech Solutions LLP.
Etymology of blogged
The verb "blog" originates from "weblog," a term coined in the late 1990s for a log kept on the World Wide Web. In 1999 Peter Merholz jokingly split it into "we blog" on his own site, and the truncated noun "blog" quickly caught on, soon functioning as a verb as well. "Weblog" itself combines "web" (from "World Wide Web") with "log," meaning a regular record of events — a sense dating back to nautical ship's logs.
Related word forms
How blogged is actually used
Informal to neutral register; common in journalism and everyday writing but generally avoided in very formal prose. Almost always followed by a topic introduced by "about" or an object.
Easily confused with blogged
"Blogged" means having written a blog post, while "blocked" means obstructed or prevented access.