We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.

Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]

Clog Blog

noun. A Dutch language blog.

RTWT

abrev. Read The Whole Thing.

(Coined by C. D. Harris)

Weblog

noun. See ‘Blog’.

Bloggerel

variant of “doggerel.” Opinion put forward on a blog that has previously been repeated over and over and over again until it makes people sick.

(Coined by The Pontificator)

Blawg

noun. A web log written by lawyers and/or concerned primarily with legal affairs.

(Probably coined by Denise M. Howell )

Misting

verb. Similar to fisking in that it is a refutation of another’s views, but misting is less aggressive and is usually humorous. ‘Mistings’ usually take the form of an imaginary exchange of views.

‘Misting’ is really MiSTing – from the show MST3K, Mystery Science Theater 3000, which was a show on The Comedy Channel about characters who were captured by malicious aliens and forced to watch terrible old sci-fi movies. They responded by commenting (rather hilariously) about the movies.

The term has rather different connotations amongst German speaking bloggers.

Link orgy

expression. When a blogger finds that he has been linked by multiple sites, or has been added to several blogrolls, in a short time.

(Coined by James Martin )

Commenter

noun. A person who leaves remarks in the ‘comments’ section which many blogs offer.

Minarchist

noun. Derived from anarchist. An advocate of minimal government, often described as the night watchman state, in which the state exist legitimately only to enable appropriate law and order and to deal with collective territorial defense.

Such as state can exist to reinforce the liberty of individuals but not to ‘do things’ and is therefore a largely ‘apolitical polity’ guarding the boundaries of civil society.

Some minarchists view this as a transitional state leading inevitably to completely stateless anarcho-capitalism, whilst others see minarchy as a stable end point.

Whilst this is not a blog specific term, it is often used on ‘pundit blogs’, many of which are libertarian, hence its inclusion here.

Stripblog

noun. A cartoon/comic related weblog, either pertaining to cartoons/comics or featuring graphics of that nature.

Blurker

1. noun. One who reads many blogs but leaves no evidence of themselves such as comments behind; a silent observer of blogs.

2. noun. One who reads many blogs but has no blog of their own; a blog-watcher or blog voyeur.

Usage: “But, Mikey, I can’t have a blog of my own! I’m a blurker!”

Meme war

noun. Using googlebombs (qv), comment spam (qv), hostile trackbacks and other technical means to propagate memes.