wikamnesia

the act of getting lost in the abyss of the internet while researching any topic. typically results in unintentional procrastination.

wikipedia doesn't help this since articles always have a ton of hyperlinks to other wiki articles to define terms, phrases and concepts

Tom: How's the paper on the life of Nikola Tesla?
Me: What? Oh yeah! What am I doing here? I'm looking at a wiki article on electric cars!
Tom: Sounds like wikamnesia.