Extending the metaphor of "surfing" the internet, a Wikipedia rip current is the phenomenon of browsing Wikipedia and getting side tracked for hours by clicking related links.
I got stuck in a Wikipedia rip current, I started reading about the civil war then three hours later I found myself reading about butterflies.
by fmgugle4 July 22, 2011
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Boris: So whats the population of Hyvinkää?
Carl: no idea but, did you know that there are twenty different dialects of swedish?
Boris: wtf why are you such a wikipedia tarzan?
Carl: no idea but, did you know that there are twenty different dialects of swedish?
Boris: wtf why are you such a wikipedia tarzan?
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Misspelling of 'wikipedia' which if typed into google ACCIDENTALLY opens up a portal to another universe full of magical flying vampire unicorns.
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The speeding car struck a Sycamore iAcer pseudoplatanus/i tree after spinning out of control near Gipsy Lane on Queens Ride, Barnes, southwest London.
(en.wikipedia.org article on Marc Bolan)
"Acer pseudoplatanus" is Wikipedantic since it's not really necessary to the article.
(en.wikipedia.org article on Marc Bolan)
"Acer pseudoplatanus" is Wikipedantic since it's not really necessary to the article.
by discordian23 January 5, 2009
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