bleg

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Presumably from blog and beg. Anglo-American writer John Derbyshire claims to have coined this word in 2002[1], although earlier usage may have occurred.

[edit] Noun

bleg (plural blegs)

  1. (Internet slang) An entry in a blog requesting information or contributions.
    I posted a bleg in the hope of learning more about local tourism.

[edit] Verb

bleg (third-person singular simple present blegs, present participle blegging, simple past and past participle blegged)

  1. (Internet slang) To create an entry in a blog requesting information or contributions.
    That guy will bleg on the most unusual topics.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.johnderbyshire.com/Opinions/Diaries/2002-07.html

[edit] Danish

[edit] Adjective

bleg (neuter blegt, definite and pural blege, comparative blegere, superlative blegest)

  1. pale, pallid

[edit] Verb

bleg

  1. imperative of blege

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Possibly from a derivative of Common Slavic blagŭ "good" (cf. Serbo-Croatian blag), or Serbo-Croatian blek.

[edit] Adjective

bleg 3 nom/acc forms

  1. soft, shy, silly, dull, weak, foolish, sheepish
  2. (of ears, usually animals) going down, droopy

[edit] Declension

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