You guessed it, Blog is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2004. Their definition:

Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer

Yuck. You figure they would be able to define the word a bit better. Hyperlinks provided by the writer?

iTunes is now playing: Reelin’ In The Years (Live) from the album “Alive In America (Live)” by Steely Dan