wikitangent 

A wikitangent is when you goes to the website Wikipedia to learn more about a certain topic, but end up getting sidetracked by various links to other articles.

"I went on a wikitangent from Helen Keller to Standard Oil to anti-trust laws by state to the Roman Empire to Pervez Musharaf... I'm so ADD."

wikitangent by Jack324 January 9, 2008

wikitangent 

A distracting tangential experience one commonly has while performing research on a particular subject through wikipedia.

"I was working on my paper when I got lost on a wikitangent. I was off topic for hours before I refocused on the task at hand."

"I went on so many wikitangents, I had a wikerection all night."

wikitangent by Freethinker25a April 4, 2009