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‘Blog’ No. 1 Word of Year, But ‘Instalanche’ Not in Top 10

(2004-12-01) — Merriam-Webster, the dictionary publisher, today announced that ‘blog‘ was the most-searched word on its website in 2004, and will be added to the dictionary in 2005. However, the term ‘Instalanche’ failed to make the top 10, delivering another crushing blow to blogger Glenn Reynolds.

The dictionary will define ‘blog’ as “an online journal which produces fame without wealth for pajama-clad scribes, known as bloggers, who write so well they don’t need editors and who survive by eating ramen noodles and Tang powder from a spoon.”

‘Instalanche’, which missed a top 10 ranking despite a vigorous lobbying effort, is “a brief but powerful spike in blog traffic, generated by a link from InstaPundit.com, which creates in the affected blogger a fleeting sense of euphoria and heightened self-esteem, followed by weeks of doubt and progressive self-loathing.”

InstaPundit creator Glenn Reynolds could not be reached for comment. However, unnamed associates said that the Instalanche production business has such a small profit margin that Mr. Reynolds must moonlight as a law professor just to make ends meet.

Talk to any blogger who’s had an Instalanche, and you’ll find out that it’s more than just euphoric; it can be addictive. I’m proud to say I’ve had 3 in my lifetime, but I keep looking forward to my next fix one.

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