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wikiHow

wikiHow is an online manual on how to do anything. When not referencing the site directly, you will often hear the term used to mean "figure it out yourself" or as a passive aggressive way to make a comment.
Referencing the site directly
Person 1: Does anyone know how to get a wine stain out of carpet?
Person 2: Look it up on wikiHow!

"Figure it out yourself"
Person 1: I need help........
Person 2: wikiHow it.

Passive Aggressive way to make a comment
Person 1: I can't believe that person is still mad at me!
Person 2: wikiHow to get over it.
by mcz October 16, 2014
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that site the teachers tell you not to go to, but you do anyway.

a site that anyone can change just for fun and to mess up people's papers
teacher: kids, don't go to wikipedia for this research paper
kids: alright. *they go home & do it anyway*
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"hey, josie. i was just on wikipedia, and i made it say that napoleon was a male prositute for some time" (but, i really did)
by your lover karen May 22, 2007
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Wikipedia that!

Phrase used when neither party in a conversation can remember a specific piece of information about a given topic. Similar to "Google that!", "Wikipedia That!" is used more for a specific person, event, or place that would generally be found on Wikipedia.
Paul- I heard that the new David Crowder Band cd is coming out this November!

Jake- Naw man, I heard it's coming even sooner than that...

Together- Wikipedia that!
by Insub08 July 26, 2009
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the most effective way to cheat legally.
Mum: If you're stuck with your assignment, just go to the library and borrow a book to help you!
Phil: Fuck that, I'll just hit up Wikipedia.
by the big j dog July 22, 2007
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wikipedia

noun- the online encyclopedia. Has everything from sausage fest to the Darfur conflict. The word wiki comes from a Hawian word "wiki wiki" which means quick. It is editable by anyone, which makes it slightly unreliable. But arguably the best place to do "research for a paper.

verb- to search for something on said website
Man, wikipedia just saved my grade!

Just wikipedia it.
by faerygirl956 June 1, 2006
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Wikipedia

The ASMS's homework cheatsheet.

Teacher's insist it is not a real site.

Screw that.
There's an assignment due for Biotechnology. First stop, Wikipedia.
by PsychoticHan December 9, 2008
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Wikipedia

The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. One of the several sites in the whole Wikimedia project. The all-knowing site on the Internet. You've got questions, it's got answers. Basically, it's the Internet's equivalent of God.
Wikipedia even has an article about this website, Urban Dictionary.
by QuackQuack September 9, 2008
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