Blogistan

English Etymology From c. 2001 (see quotations), formed from en blog istan. Proper noun en informal Blogs of Iran (where the suffix en -stan originated) and nearby regions. en 2006 Grant Barrett The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang Tongue in Groove: The Blogistan Lexicon 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. on Blogs, collectively. en 2006 Joan Gorham Mass Media 34 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with typical liberal hauteur: "Welcome to Blogistan, the Internet-based journalistic medium where no thought goes unpublished, no long-out-of-print book goes unhawked, and no fellow 'blogger,' no matter how outré, goes unpraised." Anagrams en abgilnost bloatings obligants en 3-syllable words en Blogging