weblish

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Weblish

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of Web +‎ publish

Verb[edit]

weblish (third-person singular simple present weblishes, present participle weblishing, simple past and past participle weblished)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To publish on the Web (as distinguished from in print).
    • 1997 March, David Atherton, David Steffen, Sinai Yarus, “Scientific publishing : Paper or perish”, in Science Tribune:
      Some libraries, especially those affiliated with academic institutions, may add weblishing to their archival function by putting e-journals on-line.
    • 2008, "Big Picture," Project PEN: Problems in Elementary Number Theory (blog), June 27, 2008
      After about two months, we will weblish the first official edition of PEN extended with more problems.
    • 2011, "Weblicize," Urban Dictionary
      "weblication" could also be used in like fashion, and "a weblication" could also refer to specific text, images, or other materials which are "weblicated"/"weblicized"/"weblished".