Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A portfolio; a blotting-book or blotting-pad.
  • To slap; strike with violence; beat.
  • To maltreat.
  • noun A piece; a fragment; a large piece or lump.
  • noun A slap; a flat blow.

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  • Means "blog ad." Seriously.

    June 23, 2009

  • and I thought it referred to a bladder. my blad.

    June 23, 2009

  • I will henceforth use it only in reference to an organ of the excretory system, or in mockery of a specific sadistic, evil torturer of the Middle Ages.

    June 23, 2009

  • indeed CB – the evil blad or blad the impaler does sound about right!

    June 23, 2009

  • In the book publishing biz, this word describes a type of promotional material (taken from "blurb" + "ad").

    July 7, 2009

  • bleecccchh + fad neologism.

    July 7, 2009