Why, oh why, am I adding this post? God knows, half the blogs in the blogosphere will be noting this. Maybe it’s because I haven’t seen it posted on other PR blogs yet. In any case, here goes:

Reuters reports that the word “blog” tops dictionary publisher Merriam Webster’s top 10 words of 2004.

Merriam-Webster Inc. said on Tuesday that blog, defined as “a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments and often hyperlinks,” was one of the most looked-up words on its Internet sites this year.

So are people looking it up for more information or because they don’t know what the hell it is?

CNN has the story.