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Is 'Blogger' a Word?

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Blogging
4/12/2002 1:52:03 AM
Posted By: Anil Mammen

Blogger is anyday better than Weblogger. So what if a brand name becomes generic.

the phrase came first
4/11/2002 1:19:40 PM
Posted By: Adrian Holovaty

"Blogger" is a perfectly fine word. The phrase came first; *then*, a year later, the Blogger tool was released by Pyra. This is *not* akin to "xeroxing" a page.

Here's your proof:

http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html

words
4/11/2002 1:11:16 PM
Posted By: rex

One word: Kleenex.

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