Saturday, February 18, 2006

Word of the month - blurf

I'd like to propose a new word to be added to the lexicon of popular usage - blurf. Blurf is a portmanteau, a fusion of the words blog and surf. I define blurfing to be the act of randomly or sequentially from one blog to another, typically spending only a short time at each one.

Here are some examples of how this word might be used in a sentence:
I usually blurf for about half an hour before going to bed.

I was up all night blurfing and found this really cool blog.

A social study reports that most people who blurf are looking to read about a life that is more interesting than the one they are living.

A search for blurf in wikipedia shows that no page with that title exists.

A google search on the word blurf leads to someone's blog at www.blurf.com. Further examination reveals that the authour's choice of the name blurf originated from an alcohol-related incident at a college party.

Therefore I can conclude that my proposed definition for this word is original and unique.

It will be interesting to do another google search in a year to see how popular the word has become (or not).

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