When a person gives a more detailed explenation of a situation/opinion than people actually care for.
"Sorry i was a bit late today i had to take my cat to the vets" (that would be an ideal place to stop) but then if the person goes into a 5 minute story about whats wrong with there cat, vet insurance, what the vet looked like, how long it took ect ect.. then the relpy would be
noun. The chain of suggestions that occurs at the end of really anything on the internet, from articles to blogs to shopping sites. Most notably this phenomenon occurs with YouTube videos. These chains of links can lead to extremely obscure and unexpected destinations.
A maelstrom of linkage, such as happens at youtube, tvtropes.org, wikipedia, and many other sites on the internet. It often causes browser crashes due to too many open tabs. Similar to "pornado".
"I just wanted to look at Sarah Michelle Gellar's profile on IMDB, but it turned into a Buffy linkstrom."