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Weblish

name

Etymology

Blend of Web + English.

  1. derived from *h₂enǵʰ-✻
  2. inherited from Englisċ
  3. inherited from Englisch
  4. compounded as weblish — “Web + English”

Definitions

  1. netspeak based on the English language

  2. To publish on the Web (as distinguished from in print).

    • Some libraries, especially those affiliated with academic institutions, may add weblishing to their archival function by putting e-journals on-line.
    • After about two months, we will weblish the first official edition of PEN extended with more problems.
    • 2011, "Weblicize," Urban Dictionary "weblication" could also be used in like fashion, and "a weblication" could also refer to specific text, images, or other materials which are "weblicated"/"weblicized"/"weblished".

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Weblish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA