different between wlog vs flog

English

Alternative forms

• w.l.o.g.

Prepositional phrase

wlog

1. (mathematics) Initialism of without loss of generality.

Anagrams

• glow, gowl

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fl??/
• Rhymes: -??
• (US) IPA^(key): /fl??/

Etymology 1

From unattested Old English *floggian, a stem variant of Proto-Germanic *flukk?n? (“to beat”), itself a secondary zero-grade iterative with unetymological -u-, derived from *fl?kan?. The original zero-grade iterative *flakk?n? had been misinterpreted as an o-grade. See flack (“to beat”), also as a dialectal noun "a blow, slap".

Verb

flog (third-person singular simple present flogs, present participle flogging, simple past and past participle flogged)

1. (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.
2. (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
3. (transitive, Britain, slang) To sell.
4. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
5. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
6. (transitive, agriculture) To exploit.
7. (theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.

Synonyms

• (to whip or scourge): Thesaurus:whip

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

flog (plural flogs)

1. (Australia, informal, derogatory) A contemptible, often arrogant person.

See also

• flail
• flay
• vapulate

Etymology 2

Blend of fake +? blog

Noun

flog (plural flogs)

1. (Internet slang) A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.
   • 2008, Lucas Conley, OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder

     Though a handful of viral videos and flogs have captured significant interest, the vast majority hardly register with consumers.

   • 2009, Nico Carpentier, Benjamin De Cleen, Participation and Media Production: Critical Reflections on Content Creation (page 33)

     An element more problematic […] in the move of corporate communications and practices online is the sometimes masked nature of such initiatives, for example through blogola and flogs.

   • 2010, Beata Klimkiewicz, Media Freedom and Pluralism

     […] hidden advertising and flogs (the use of “personal blogs” for unfair commercial and political purposes), […]

Synonyms

• spamblog
• splog

References

Anagrams

• GLOF, golf

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo?k/

Verb

flog

1. past tense of fliegen

Icelandic

Etymology

Doublet (showing a-mutation) of flug (“flight; cliff”), from Old Norse flog, flug (“flight; cliff; an illness of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *flug?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

flog n (genitive singular flogs, nominative plural flog)

1. (obsolete, poetic) flight (the act of flying)
2. seizure (sudden attack [of an illness], convulsion, e.g. an epileptic seizure)
3. seizure (sudden onset of pain)

Declension

Related terms

• flogaveiki

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse flog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flo??/

Noun

flog n (definite singular floget, indefinite plural flog, definite plural floga)

1. a flight (the act of flying)
2. a steep drop, near vertical cliff

References

• “flog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Volapük

Noun

flog (nominative plural flogs)

1. flake

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): /vl??/

Noun

flog

1. Soft mutation of blog.

Mutation