wikibout

when one is linked to an article on wikipedia and proceeds to spend an inordinate amount of time following links about completely unrelated articles. named for the walkabout wherein australian aboriginals walk in the desert for months at a time.

I was gonna get a bunch of work done this afternoon, but I got lost on a wikibout, started with Hanson and 3 hours later i was reading about Schrödinger's cat.

by phaelen June 2, 2011

wikiclusion

The scientific process of researching a topic and making conclusions about the topic based on whatever Wikipedia says.

In researching cation exchange capacity of candler sandy soils, he came to the wikiclusion that it didn't matter whether the soil was saturated or dry.

by considerthelily November 13, 2011

wikiclick

When you click a term in the current wiki page, read that page and click another link, read that page and click another link, read that page...

Shown in xkcd's "Tab Explosion"

My friend sent a link to 'Nightmare Fuel' on tvtropes and four hours of wikiclicking later, I was reading 'My Hovercraft is Full of Eels'

by addicted to tvtropes.org April 28, 2012

wikibout

Wikibout is a term for falling down that virtual, hyper-text rabbit hole of clicking on term after term, topic after topic, on Wikipedia. You started looking up one thing and then saw something that looked interesting and clicked on it, and before you know it, three hours have passed. You went from originally reading about the history of ice cream to reading all about baseball's greatest knuckleball pitchers. With lots of stuff in between too. A classic wikibout...

"Why were you late to work today?"

"I went on a wikibout. Lost track of the time I guess..."

by liljoint November 5, 2012

Wikhichah

Wikhichah: pronounced Wick-hi-Chah. An expression that conveys competitive or celebratory boasting and/or gloating with multiple meanings seen below. Wikhichah should be said quickly for best effect.

Meanings:
1.)In your face!

2.)Take that!
3.)Gotchya!

"Hey man, I know you were looking for that rare t-shirt, well guess what? I found it first, Wikhichah"

by Wordsmith802748 May 15, 2019

Wiki-surfing

Using the hyperlinks in Wikipedia articles to follow a trail from one subject to another.

I was wiki-surfing today and discovered Godwin's rule.

by Abzeichen April 10, 2019

Wikiboo

Someone that drops their pants in public

Dude he just had a wikiboo

by Chloe___________elizabeth June 16, 2020