Is it acceptable to use "blog" to describe a blog post? [closed]

nouns internet terminology

I've seen people, including people who write for a living, say they wrote "a blog" about this or that topic, when they obviously mean a specific post.

I find this incredibly grating. Dictionaries don't seem to include this sense, which leads me to think this is a misuse of the language.

On the other hand, blog is a portmanteau of web and log, and one could (I think) use log to refer to a specific entry in a record.


The definition of blog meaning a blog post is actually in dictionaries and it appears it is common usage:

  • Blog: a Web site that contains online personal reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer; also : the contents of such a site. (M-W)

  • Blog: 1)a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, 2) single entry or post on such a website: She regularly contributes a blog to the magazine's. (Dictionary.com)

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