wikipedia

The world's largest forum for anonymous arguments. Argue with everyone in the world on any topic imaginable. You may be Stephen Hawking, so-called "expert", but you need to reconcile your views on black holes with Bob from Idaho who thinks they are portals to Narnia and find some neutral point of view that you can both agree on.

I wanted to find a place to argue about Bruce Jenner's Wheaties boxes and found Wikipedia.

by Cunningest Linguist May 16, 2006

Wikipedia Famous

When you have achieved fame enough that you name and bio can be found on Wikipedia.

"Kurt Loder is Wikipedia famous, who knew"
"Only cool people are Wikipedia famous"
"Your a nobody if your not at least Wikipedia Famous"

by Captain Tom Awesome October 20, 2008

University of Wikipedia

When someone is over-reliant on Wikipedia for information, he or she is said to have matriculated at the University of Wikipedia. This is an especially appropriate characterization when the individual is disseminating questionable information or is curiously reluctant to cite a specific source upon request.

Guy 1: Mike was always a major dumbass. Any idea what's up with this Saussure crap he's been spewing all of a sudden? He never attended college, did he?

Guy 2: Not unless you count the University of Wikipedia.

Guy 1: That makes sense. A lot of his information is very off-base.

by staples 1234 May 7, 2010

Wikipedia Brown

A person who fancies himself an expert in many things but whose expertise derives largely or solely from the internet. The shallowness of his/her knowledge base is often betrayed by obvious factual errors. (The antithesis of "Encyclopedia Brown", the fictional boy detective in the eponymous literary series.)

Jim: Did you know that scientists found vestigial wings in a mummified komodo dragon?

Hal: You're a real Wikipedia Brown.

by Wes Tent January 15, 2007

wikiphilia

A powerful obsession with Wikipedia. A wikiphiliac may:

-turn to Wikipedia as the first and only source of information for a topic

-relentlessly defend Wikipedia's factual accuracy

-become uncomfortable when hearing information that he/she has not read on Wikipedia

-access Wikipedia several times a day

-spend much more time on Wikipedia than originally intended

-Wikipedia race

-compulsively switch to other Wikipedia articles, using the hyperlinks within articles, often without obtaining the originally sought information and leaving a bizarre informational "trail" in his/her browsing history (Such as from "Hmong language" to "list of most prolific serial killers")

-access Wikipedia for recreation

-enter a trance-like state while reading that is disorienting to exit

-constantly disseminate information read on Wikipedia

Patient: Doc, I can't stop reading Wikipedia. I'm on it for hours a day! My wife says she's going to leave me because I don't believe anything she says. I have to check it on Wikipedia first.

Doctor: It sounds like you have wikiphilia.

Patient: What's that?

Doctor: Look it up on Wikipedia.

by karsownr May 21, 2009

Windpassing

A small town in Austria. Not nearly as funny as Fucking (yet another ill-named Austrian village) but close.

He tried not to pass wind, as the wind passed through Windpassing.

by djslut October 1, 2005

wikiphobia

The irrational fear of wikipedia. First brought on in the early to mid 2000's, wikiphobia was demonstrated within numerous high school and college campuses. Fueled by the initial distrust of web-based knowledge, wikiphobia led many innocent students to be robbed of basic yet precious insights into important works of literature, science, philosophy and the arts. Although Wikipedia is known to be an undeniably useful starting point for research in any area, wikiphobia is still a common mental illness. One day scientists will discover the cure for wikiphobia, we can only hope.

"Don't use wikipedia as a source for your paper! You will get an F!" - Teacher/ Professor

"Man, that damn Old Man River of a teacher must have wikiphobia!"
- "He needs help"

by DJanks February 11, 2009