What Is Blogorrhea?

A blogger is said to have blogorhea if they regularly submit overly lengthy blog entries. The phrase "blogorhea" is a slang term. Blogorhea indicates long, poorly edited entries. Logorrhoea is "a predisposition to the great locality," according to the Oxford English Dictionary. In an article in The Atlantic on March 20, 2012, the word was used for the first time that anybody was aware of. The article's author, John Seabrook, states that "medical writer Harold Conrad invented the word [logorrhea] in 1946 as a synonym for excessive verbosity; it is taken from the Greek word for the flow of speech: logos." [Citation needed] Seabrook's essay may be found here. One of the first reactions people had to the newfound power that blogs bestowed upon them were blogorrhea. In an instant, a blogger's whole train of thought may be published online for everyone worldwide to see. And all those eyes, real or imagined, put pressure on certain bloggers to come across as more clever, more worldly, and more philosophical—more of everything. The outcome was characterized by blogorrhea. You are familiar with the topic I'm discussing. Writing that makes you feel as if your brain is being extracted through your eyes. It is not only challenging to read, but it is also challenging to even grasp what the author is trying to say. This is because the author is so focused on attempting to impress you with their vocabulary and erudition that they need to remember how to communicate effectively in plain English. Blogorrhea is characterized by grammatical mistakes, typos, and a compulsive demand for online attention. A desire that is so strong that it impairs your judgment on how much information should be shared with other people who aren't genuinely interested in what you have to say – particularly if what you have to say isn't attractive to them in the first place.