Aaron Adams’s Blowhard Blog

I was listening to the radio on the way into work this morning, and the announcer for the station says, “Good luck getting up-to-date weather from an iPod or a blog…” Obviously whoever wrote this promo has no idea what a blog is, and probably doesn’t care. “iPod” and “blog” are just buzzwords to them, not specific terms that refer to specific things. A blog is not the same as a web page or web site. Weather.com is not a blog, although there may be a blog on the site. Purposefully or ignorantly misusing “blog” insults my intelligence and strips the word of its former specific meaning.

Add “blog” to the list of words that have been diluted to the point of no longer being useful.