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Recently, I asked you all for blog jargon on behalf of a columnist writing about our endearing, albeit ear-grating, habit of making up words. Here‘s that column from William Safire, who says:
This brief survey — a labor of link love — was conducted by means of blogging. Thanks to the blogerati who shot my query around the Web asking for jargon, a solicitation that N’Gai Croal, technology editor at Newsweek, calls blegging.
Grrrrr, Safire! He’s just the kind of columnist I love to hate. His onesided opinion pieces always omitt all the inconvenient facts that don’t fit into his view of the world. Really, what business do you have with Wild Will, Jeff, are you a fan???
I agree, Blill can ble a blit of a blastard.
Gray, I don’t see everything in fan or enemy terms. His guy asked for help, I gave it. Neighborly, I’d say.
I’m extremely disturbulated that he didn’t use any of my fine, heartfeltily-given suggestions.
I’ve mailed him as I suspect Moonbats derives from Monbiot, as in George Monbiot of the Guardian.
Or perhaps a further corruption of Moonbeam, as in Governor Moonbeam – the fanciful alias of former Calif Gov Jerry Brown.