Tumblr

name

Etymology: From tumblelog, an early form of microblogs.

1. A microblogging and social networking website founded in 2007.

   “What is different about “quick blogging” tools like Twitter (which imposes a strict character count so it can be easily used on a cellphone) and Tumblr (which allows longer messages as well as photographs) is the degree to which people use them for spontaneous and almost continuous communication.”

   “There are other services for reporting where you’re traveling (Dopplr) or for quickly tossing online a stream of the pictures, videos or Web sites you’re looking at (Tumblr).”

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Tumblr (“a microblog on Tumblr”).

   “As in the web version, upon opening the mobile app you’ll be taken to your dashboard and a list of all the most recent posts from the tumblrs you follow.”

   “People create their tumblrs and link to them from their email signatures and Facebook and Twitter profiles.”

verb

Etymology: From tumblelog, an early form of microblogs.

1. To post (something) on Tumblr.

   “One element of its national campaign around the November elections was the Clipboard Project, which took photographs of roughly 200 music and entertainment stars holding HeadCount’s Register to Vote clipboard. These images were then tweeted, Facebooked, and linked to the official Web site to be pinned, Tumblr’ed, recommended on Google, StumbleUpon’ed, shared on Digg or Reddit, or otherwise circulated.”