Found a new word today: blook.
I found it in on a site for advanced ELL's (English Language Learners--those people learning English not as their native language). Here is what they say about the word:
Many recent neologisms have emerged from the comparison between the real and online world. For instance, we now talk about e-tailers as opposed to bricks-and-mortar retailers, or face-to-face as opposed to virtual sales. The transition from printed to electronic page has been one such area, turning diaries into blogs (weblogs) and magazines into webzines. And now, in what seems a bizarre twist, we’ve come full circle, as blogs, commentaries originating firmly in the virtual world, are becoming blooks, texts made of real bits of paper that you can hold in your hand.
Interesting! I have heard of one person whose blog had become a touchable, printed and published book--but didn't know it should be called a blook. :)
Check out the rest of the lesson/intrduction of the new word at their site.
Wikipedia has the above definition and another definition of blook.
Have you ever heard of a blook before? Am I just behind the times living across the ocean?
Never heard of a blook either, if that makes you feel any better.
ReplyDeleteYes, thank you. It does!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I just don't know if it really is new or if I am "out of the loop."
I read somewhere that usually missionaries "get stuck" in the year they left. So, I might always be "stuck in 2003"-hmmm. I think the internet helps ward against that some these days.