Meaning of Blogistan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Blogs of Iran (where the suffix -stan originated) and nearby regions.
   informal
2. Blogs, collectively.
   informal

Examples

“Blogistan is a newer coinage, appearing after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. By attacking to blog the suffix -stan, which means "land⟳" or "place⟳ of" in Farsi and related languages, the word successfully conveys the idea that blogs in Blogistan are concerned with matters in the Stans, among them Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

“The Boston Globe's Alex Beam dismisses the blogosphere with typical liberal hauteur: "Welcome⟳ to Blogistan, the Internet-based journalistic medium where no thought goes unpublished, no long-out-of-print book goes unhawked, and no fellow 'blogger,' no matter⟳ how outré, goes unpraised."”

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