milblog

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of military +‎ blog.

Noun[edit]

milblog (plural milblogs)

  1. (Internet) A blog written by a person serving in the military.
    • 2008, Michael D. Doubler, The National Guard and the War on Terror: Operation Iraqi Freedom‎[1], page 80:
      Milblogs required a balancing act between freedom of speech and the need for information security.
    • 2009, Melissa Wall, “The Taming of the Warblogs: Citizen Journalism and the War in Iraq”, in Stuart Allan, Einar Thorsen, editors, Citizen Journalism: A Global Perspective‎[2], page 36:
      Milblogs have also been incorporated into mainstream coverage.
    • 2014, Cat Johnson, A Prince Among Men‎[3], page 130:
      She opened and replied to all of her emails. That seemed to take less time than usual so she checked her favorite milblog.

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