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logrolling 

When a reviewer or critic who gets into a tradeoff of critical praise or "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" situation. Implicitly or by agreement, one reviewer exchanges praise (often fatuous) with another in the hopes his inflated regard will find its way into publicity, advertising copy, book-jacket blurbs and the like and increase the other's visibility (and sell more books). The favor is expected to be returned, and at some point is. Probably descended from the literal use of logrolling as a pioneer sport, in which neither participant can stay on the round, floating timber unless one is pedaling frantically one way, one the other, although the symbolism invoking a mutual-gratification pact analogous to masturbation cannot be denied.

In the 1980s, SPY magazine ran a regular column called "Logrolling In Our Time" giving exact instances of such tit for tat.
-- "Oh, God. This is logrolling at its worst. A___ says on the dust jacket of B____'s new novel that 'a new American voice is born.' Three months later B____, now bestselling author, says that A____'s latest textbook is 'unchallengeable in its supremacy in this field.'"

-- "They belong to a mutual admiration society, intellectually speaking."

-- "I'm sorry; did you say "intellectual mastur---"

-- "Shhh!"
logrolling by al-in-chgo June 13, 2013
Related Words

logrolino 

It is related to the verb logro, wich mostly means happy, but you can use it to anything really! Logrolino is just a more powerfull way of expressing the verb logro!
I am feeling very logro today
Damn boi im fellin g logrolino today!
Wow you look really logro(lino) !
logrolino by guccigirl1111111111 September 15, 2020

Logrolling 

The practice of defecating a large sturdy floater, admiring said poopsicle and urinating on it. A well aimed healthy stream of urine causes the "log" to roll.
"Hey, Moonshine Jimmy!"

"Whats happening, Prune Juice Doyle?"

"You sure were in the outhouse for quite a spell, eh?"

"Yep. Squeaky George let out a 13 inch floater and we were having a hell of a time logrolling!"
Logrolling by *samIam* January 19, 2012

loggeldog 

(v) The sound a person makes when a drop of cold water rolls down one's back, and into one's butt crack.
I made that guy Loggeldog
loggeldog by Beau Bouchard March 31, 2007
Mysterious creature that edits or removes old entries on a blog - usually because the entries are embarrassing to the blogger. Longoliers are similar to the Ministry of Truth, in George Orwell's Book 1984, in that they function to falsify history.

Australian journalist and blogger Tim Blair was the first to use "Longoliers" to describe this phenomenon. The term was originally used by author Stephen King to describe beings who devour the past.
Longoliers have been busy in th archives of Little Green Footballs and The Daily Dish as the bloggers have moved from right to left on the political spectrum.
Longolier by Marcellus_vrw November 1, 2010

Logolosis 

(noun) 1) to sleep next to, or near, a log, 2) to become closer in proximity to a log or stick during your sleep, 3) a sleep disorder, causing the individual to require a log to sleep next to in order to enter REM sleep.
My logolosis is acting up again.
I can't seem to get any sleep. Could it be logolosis?
Logolosis by kikel April 3, 2007