wikicurious

(adj.) eager to learn, but only enough to look it up on Wikipedia

Teacher: My students had a lot of questions about the Presidents.

School librarian: Should I reserve the library so you can assign them some research?

Teacher: No, I think they're only wikicurious.

by S.S. Banner March 30, 2012

wiki adventure

When you look something up in wikipedia, a related article or link catches your eye and causes you to drift from your main purpose. Often including many hops through wikipedia articles.

Chris: Didn't that nuclear thing explode in China?
Josh: Nah, that was Ukraine
Chris: Damn, you out wiki'd me.
::5 minutes later::
Chris: My wiki adventure took me from Chernobyl & Ukraine to Mongolia.
Chris: How the hell did Mongolia rule half the world!?!

by j_to_the_a August 28, 2007

Wiki Rolled

The result of looking for facts on wikipedia to find the post has been changed to incorrect or unfactual information in an effort to intentionally deceive. Most commonly found to take place during the Worlds Largest Trivia Contest in Stevens Point, Wi.

I've been wiki rolled.

by bdgrfan April 12, 2010

Wikifari

A prolonged visit to wikipedia during which contextual links are followed until the user is reading pages that have nothing to do with the original subject they sought. Particularly exciting wikifaris end up coming back to the original page at some point.

OMG! I went on the most incredible wikifari last night! I started with Nirvana, got all the way to osmotic pressure, and then, 5 hours later, I was at Nirvana again!

Man, there's a test coming up, I better go on a wikifari.

by Sam Chew Chin November 16, 2006

wiki-wasting time

Wasting hours of time on Wikipedia by constantly reading more articles that link to other articles etc. Common practice of university and college students in the arts. To procrastinate on wikipedia.

-I was supposta be writing a research paper last night but i wiki-wasted too much time.

-I can't stop wiki-wasting time.

by EricT December 28, 2006

wigidy wack

An expression describing a strange or abnormal occurance in a daily activity.

That shits wigidy wack!

by Katay & Alex August 23, 2005

wikifarming

Using Wikipedia to unearth tidbits of knowledge for the purpose of bringing them up in conversation, in a despondent effort to make oneself seem smarter.
Typical subjects of wikifarming include theoretical physics, trivia from sitcoms, basic psychology, the works of Nostradamus, Shakespeare's tragedies, statistics from practically any organized sport (most often football or baseball), the Renaissance, and pretty much anything that could make one appear more knowledgeable in front of the right people. Usually fails.

A. "I was doing some research last night, and I found out that any four-dimensional object in four-dimensional space will cast a three-dimensional shadow. Turns out, most physicists agree that little, if anything, can be gained scientifically from assuming the fourth dimension to be time, but rather as another spatial axis, which is how..."

B. "Someone's been wikifarming."

by that_tall_fellow June 23, 2009