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BlogBlagger or WebBlagger: The Duncan's Jotter suggestions for a blogger who won't link

Msg#2624 - BlogBlagger or WebBlagger: The Duncan's Jotter suggestions for a blogger who won't link

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Posted: 5/21/2002 by Duncan
Modified: 5/21/2002 by Duncan

The Doc asks:

"What do you call a blogger who won't link? We need a name for that."

My suggestions: BlogBlagger or WebBlagger

There are currently no Google hits for BlogBlagger or WebBlagger!

Rationale: 'Blag' is UK slang for theft and/or borrowing something with no intention of paying it back. A BlogBlagger - or even just a Blagger - is someone who steals/borrows content/ideas from other bloggers without paying (linking) them back.

Here are a couple of examples of 'Blag/Blagger' from the slang dictionaries:

From A dictionary of slang - "B" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.

blag:
Verb. To lie or use clever talk with profit as an objective.
Noun. 1. A con, a 'scam'.
2. A violent robbery or raid.

From The Online Dictionary of Playground Slang [warning: adult language]:

Blagger : used to describe someone who is a bit of a 'pickey'. they never have their own fags,crisps and will constantly harrass someone to give them theirs instead. A bit like a sponger. can also be used to describe an action ie can I blag a fag off you.

This article is permanently linked to http://duncan.smeed.org/blogblagger and http://duncan.smeed.org/webblagger so if you wish to blink me then please use one of those. Thanks.

Enclosures:
None.

Replies:
RE: BlogBlagger or WebBlagger: The Duncan's Jotter suggestions for a blogger who won't link ( 5/22/2002 by Duncan, Label: None. )
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