Booklr

English

Etymology

Blend of book +‎ Tumblr.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊklə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊklɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʊklə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Booklr

1. (Internet slang) The community of book and reading-oriented blogs on Tumblr.
   • 2016, K. A. Beestone, "Introduction to The Book Nest", The Book Nest, Spring 2016, page 4:

     Over the last few years, we've seen the booklr community grow as quickly as our shelves, […]

   • 2016 December, Jenna Kilpinen, “Bookternet and diversity”, in Contrawoman, page 18:

     Booklr user ladybookmad started #readthemargin, dedicating the month of December to reading books by marginalized authors.

   • 2018, Dorothee Birke, Johannes Fehrle, “#booklove: How Reading Culture is Adapted on the Internet”, in Komparatistik‎, page 63:

     On YouTube, users who describe themselves as BookTubers are vlogging about books and reading, on Instagram we find posters using hashtags such as #bookstagram, while Tumblr has a sub-community Booklr.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Booklr.

Hypernyms

• Bookternet

Coordinate terms

• Bookstagram (Instagram)
• BookTok (TikTok)
• BookTube (YouTube)