Literally, A Web Log

literally self-referential

On The Colbert Report, guest Andrew Sullivan defined the word ‘blog’ as, “literally a web log“:

Colbert: So edumacate me here: A blog is what? I know the kids do it, I hear it all the time with, like, iPod, I hear those two terms thrown around a lot.

Sullivan: It’s almost like you have truth that you give us every night. But some of us, we just struggle every day to put whatever little bit of truth we can find on the internet and call it a blog. It’s literally a web log, it’s a log of your random, incessant thoughts, on the web.

Colbert: So a blog is web log? Is there an apostrophe, or do you guys not even have the strength for that? You’re just gonna jam two words together?

I can’t write any witty commentary about this remark because I’m afraid this post would devolve into an infinite loop.

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8 Responses to “literally self-referential”

1. Fitz Says:
   March 1st, 2006 at 11:28 pm

   This is the same Andrew Sullivan who massaged his own ass during the entire credit roll of a network syndicated show: http://www.dvorak.org/blog/index.php?p=700

   Now that’s must see tv!

2. Website Design Says:
   March 4th, 2006 at 10:39 pm

   blong and ipods.. whats the word coming too

3. Zeno Says:
   March 25th, 2006 at 2:41 am

   Wow! He literally massaged his own ass!

4. Fence Says:
   April 18th, 2006 at 6:38 am

   I’ve just stumbled across this blog, from Hissy Cat’s, and I love it. Great idea.

   And I’ve quoted you, if you’d prefer I didn’t let me know and I’ll hit delete.

5. Amber Says:
   April 18th, 2006 at 9:44 am

   Don’t mind at all! I welcome any seconds of quasi-fame.

6. baralbion Says:
   April 18th, 2006 at 3:17 pm

   The English-speaking community will use “beg the question” in whatever way suits it best. Language is democratic. How many of us any longer use the word “presently” to mean “right now” rather than “soon” or “in a minute or so”? Language rolls on regardless and campaigns have no effect, I’m afraid.

   In the present case, if the majority choose to use “beg the question” to mean “raise the question” or something else, the term will still be available to philosophers and logicians to use it in its technical sense. They will still know what they’re talking about.

7. baralbion Says:
   April 18th, 2006 at 3:19 pm

   Sorry, my last post hit the wrong page. You might be interested anyway.

8. Amber Says:
   April 18th, 2006 at 3:34 pm

   Are you my linguistics 101 professor coming to visit me?

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