dooce

dooce
 v.— «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.» —“Week on the web” Times (London, England) Jan. 15, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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