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Wikislip

The condition which sets in when you read a wikipedia article and are interested by multiple links in - so you open those and are interested by multiple links inside those, as well - this condition is usually ended when you think to look at a clock and notice that you have just lost hours of your life looking up information not even slightly related to your original subject.
So I was researching Cherenkov Radiation - one wikislip later, it's 0300 and I'm reading up on Kevin Bacon.
by KMCooke November 18, 2007
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wikispark

Using Wikipedia, Sparknotes, or some other informational site to complete assignments on literature you haven't actually read.
"Dude, did write that '1984' essay?"
"I wikisparked it"
by topazbullet September 12, 2007
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wikislap

when you prove someone wrong by looking it up on wikipedia
Anna: Which one is the cousin in Kings of Leon
Ellen: not sure, I think it's the guitarist
Anna: I thought it was the bassist
Ellen: No, I'm pretty sure I'm right....I'll look on Wikipedia.....
{looks on wiki}
Ellen: AHA I was right! You got wikislapped!
by AKLG January 5, 2009
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Wikispam

Spam within a chat utilizing random paragraphs copied from Wikipedia.
Bob: Haha, thats great!
Jill: I know right
ObnoxiousSpammer: Wilfrid John Joseph Sheed (born December 27, 1930) is an English-born American novelist and essayist.

He was born in London to Francis "Frank" Sheed and Mary "Maisie" Ward, prominent Catholic converts and publishers (Sheed & Ward) in the UK and the USA in the mid-20th century. Wilfrid Sheed spent his childhood in both England and the United States before attending Oxford University.

His first novel, A Middle Class Education (1961), was based on his experiences at Oxford.
Bob: WTH
Jill: Get out with that Wikispam dude
by MammothWaffle May 23, 2009
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Wikimongering

the annoying habit that some people have of allowing wikipedia to permeate every facet of their life to the extent that they must draw a connection to wikipedia in every possible situation, appropriate or not.
<Toothpaste> You should check Wikipedia for that, it has great make-up tips.

Toothpaste is always wikimongering.
by DJMoony December 27, 2005
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Wikiseason

The time of the year when Wikipedia starts displaying those annoying banners begging for money when all you're trying to do is look up Lady Gaga's real name.

Also sea wikibegging
Nick: "Hot damn it's Wikiseason again. You know what this means: Seeing the founder's begging face so many times I'll have recurring nightmares..."

Harold: "No one likes you Nick."
by CaliberMagazine September 10, 2011
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wikistory

history lesson abrieviated from a wikipedia page
let me tell you a little wikistory about prostitution
by GurtBFrobe January 27, 2010
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