blidget

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós

Proto-Germanic *weraz

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi

Proto-Germanic *alaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Germanic *-þiz

Proto-Germanic *aldiz

Proto-Germanic *weraldiz

Proto-West Germanic *weraldi

Old English weorold

Middle English world

English world

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.?

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁ós

Proto-Germanic *wīdaz

Old English wīd

English wide

English -wide

English worldwide

Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *webaną

Proto-Germanic *wabją

Old English webb

Middle English web

English web

English World Wide Webellip.

English Web

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti

Proto-Germanic *ligjaną

Old Norse liggjader.?

Middle English logge

English log

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Proto-West Germanic *bōk

Old English bōc

Middle English bok

English book

English logbook

English log

English weblog

English blog

English widget

blend

English blidget

Blend of blog + widget.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt

Noun

blidget (plural blidgets)

1. (slang, Internet) In the context of blogging, a widget featuring a blog feed, which can be installed on another blog or website.
   • 2007 October, Robert Strohmeyer, “The 15 Best Web Apps You've Never Heard Of”, in Maximum PC:

     Widgetbox also gives you the tools to create your own widgets— either by turning your blog into a "blidget" that others can subscribe to or by coding something unique and adding it to the Widgetbox collection.

   • 2008 April 30, Diana Ransom, “Starting Up: Small Biz Tech Speak”, in The Wall Street Journal‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 January 2010:

     In particular, a "blidget" allows users to display a section of their blog on other web sites.

   • 2009, Deltina Hay, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization: Strategies, Tactics, and Tools for Succeeding in the Social Web, Dalton Publishing, →ISBN, page 236:

     Figure 9.22 on Page 235 shows the finished blidget for Social Media Power. Widgetbox blidgets like the one we just created are free, but they also offer a pro version for around $30 a year that allows you to design custom themes for you blidget, among other features.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:blidget.