dooce

dooce
 v.β€” Β«With dozens of blogs springing up in Britain every day, many work related, doocing is a risk for online diarists. The word was coined after a Los Angeles web designer, Heather Armstrong, lost her job in 2002 after telling stories about workmates on her readable Dooce blog.Β» β€”β€œWeek on the web” Times (London, England) Jan. 15, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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