bloggerati

plural noun

blog·​ge·​ra·​ti ˌblȯ-gə-ˈrä-(ˌ)tē 

ˌblä-

: people who write blogs : bloggers as a group

What began as the ultimate outsider activity … is turning into the same insider's game played by the old establishment media the bloggerati love to critique.

—Jennifer Howard, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2003

Online social networks have proliferated since the beginning of the twenty-first century, with the players shifting as each moves in and out of favor with the bloggerati …

—Eric Freedman, Transient Images, 2010

Less than a day later Seed shut the blog … . That's how easy it is for the bloggerati to hound out undesirable opinions.

—David Appell, Guardian Unlimited, 20 July 2010

Word History

Etymology

blend of blog entry 1 and literati

First Known Use

2003, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for bloggerati

• gujarati
• literati
• vanaspati
• basmati
• bharati
• karate
• marathi
• dotty
• doughty
• draughty
• haughty
• knotty